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prayer flag

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: thangka

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 經幡 /经幡 (jīngfān) — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Dutch: gebedsvlag — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Finnish: rukouslippu — colourful rectangular cloth
  • French: drapeau de prière — colourful rectangular cloth
  • German: Gebetsfahne — colourful rectangular cloth
  • German: Gebetsflagge — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Mongolian: хийморь (xiimorʹ) — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Portuguese: bandeira de oração — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Russian: моли́твенный флаг (molítvennyj flag) — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Spanish: bandera de oración — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Tibetan: དར་ལྕོག། (dar lcog) — colourful rectangular cloth
  • Tibetan: རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta) — colourful rectangular cloth