བླ

See also: བློ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Chinese 魄 (OC *pʰraːɡ) and Burmese လိပ်ပြာ (lippra).

Also related to 白 (OC *braːɡ, “white”), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bla/
• Lhasa: /la˥˥/
• Batang: /la˥˧/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bla/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: la^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /la˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /la˥˧/

Noun

བླ • (bla)

1. soul, spirit, life force

Derived terms

• བླ་མ (bla ma)
• བླ་རི (bla ri)

References

• “བླ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “བླ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.