བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས

Tibetan

Etymology

བཀྲ་ཤིས (bkra shis, “good fortune, benediction”) +‎ བདེ་ལེགས (bde legs, “bliss and happiness”)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bkra.ɕis.bde.leks/
• Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˨.te˩˨.le˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bkra.ɕis.bde.leks/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: zhac^f-xi^h-de^v-le^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˨.te˩˨.le˥˨/

Phrase

བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས • (bkra shis bde legs)

1. tashi delek, a Tibetan all-purpose greeting with the meaning of "blessings and good luck".

Descendants

• Chinese: 扎西德勒 (zhāxīdélè)