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wind horse

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An allegory for the human soul in the shamanistic tradition of East and Central Asia.

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History

Etymology

Calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta).

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 風馬 /风马 (fēngmǎ) — allegory for the human soul
  • Danish: vindhest — allegory for the human soul
  • Finnish: tuulihevonen — allegory for the human soul
  • French: cheval du vent — allegory for the human soul
  • German: Windpferd — allegory for the human soul
  • Mongolian: хийморь (xiimorʹ) — allegory for the human soul
  • Tibetan: རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta) — allegory for the human soul