Proper Name guide

'Phags-pa

name · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 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.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Literary Chinese: 蒙古新字 (ménggǔ xīn zì) — Translations
  • Literary Chinese: 國字 (guózì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八思巴文 (bāsībā wén) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八思巴字 (bāsībā zì) — Translations
  • German: Phagpa-Schrift — Translations
  • Mongolian: дөрвөлжин үсэг (dörvölžin üseg) — Translations
  • Mongolian: дөрвөлжин бичиг (dörvölžin bičig) — Translations