Where does “གླང་པོ” come from?

གླང་པོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གླང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ — ox; elephant; poplar.

གླང་པོ (Tibetan): elephant

Definitions

  1. elephant

Ancestry of “གླང་པོ”, step by step

གླང་པོ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གླང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགླངox
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanglaŋox; elephant; poplar

via Tibetan པོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཔོ"masculine agent suffix"; "nominalisation/agent...

Words derived from “གླང་པོ”

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