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Where does “ཀ་པ་ལ” come from?

ཀ་པ་ལ (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit कपाल, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl-, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

ཀ་པ་ལ (Tibetan): Alternative form of ཀ་པཱ་ལ

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of ཀ་པཱ་ལ

Ancestry of “ཀ་པ་ལ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकपालskull, cranium; bowl
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankapā́lasskull
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáp-ōl-head, bowl
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “ཀ་པ་ལ”

  • kapala
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