дацан

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mongolian дацан (dacan), itself borrowed from Tibetan གྲྭ་ཚང། (grwa tshang).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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даца́н (dacánm inan (genitive дацана́, nominative plural дацаны́, genitive plural дацано́в)

  1. (religion) a monastic university in Tibetan Buddhism, located especially in the Russian Far East