Where does “rinpoche” come from?

rinpoche (English) comes from Tibetan རིན་པོ་ཆེ, from Tibetan རིན — value, price; value, worth; price; value.

Ancestry of “rinpoche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརིན་པོ་ཆེprecious substance, jewel, gem; rinpoche
2Tibetanརིནvalue, price; value, worth; price; value
Every word from Tibetan རིན →Every word from Tibetan རིན་པོ་ཆེ →
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