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rinpoche

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A title warranting great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Tibetan

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Tibetan རིན་པོ་ཆེ (rin po che).

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 寧波車 /宁波车 (ning4 bo1 ce1) — a title
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仁波切 (rénbōqiē) — a title
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仁寶哲 /仁宝哲 (rénbǎozhé) — a title
  • Finnish: rinpoche — a title
  • Finnish: uudestisyntynyt — a title
  • Lao: ຣິນໂພເຊ (rin phō sē) — a title
  • Thai: รินโปเช — a title
  • Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ (rin po che) — a title
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