'Phags-pa

English

Alternative forms

• Phags-pa
• ḥPʻags-pa, ḥP'ags-pa (academic)

Etymology

From Tibetan འཕགས་པ ('phags pa, literally “noble”).

Proper noun

'Phags-pa

1. An alphabet designed in the 1200s by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor Drogön Chögyal Phagpa for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 蒙古新字 (ménggǔ xīn zì), 國字 (guózì)

  Mandarin: 八思巴文 (zh) (bāsībā wén), 八思巴字 (zh) (bāsībā zì)

• German: Phagpa-Schrift f
• Mongolian: дөрвөлжин үсэг (mn) (dörvölžin üseg), дөрвөлжин бичиг (dörvölžin bičig)