gompa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa).

Noun

gompa (plural gompas)

1. (Buddhism) A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
   • 2009 March 13, Pico Iyer, “Heaven’s Gate”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed.

Translations

Buddhist fortification of learning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喇嘛寺 (zh) (lǎmasì), 貢巴／贡巴 (gòngbā), 喇嘛庙 (zh) (lǎmamiào), 贡巴 (gòngbā), 喇嘛廟／喇嘛庙 (zh) (lǎmamiào)

• Dzongkha: དགོན་པ (dgon pa)
• Finnish: luostari (fi)
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• Portuguese: gompa m
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• Tibetan: དགོན་པ (dgon pa)