English
gompa
Gompa comes from Tibetan དགོན་པ ‘monastery, abbey, gompa’.
- Tibetanmodernདགོན་པdgon pa‘monastery, abbey, gompa’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009gompa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tibetanmodernདགོན་པdgon pa‘monastery, abbey, gompa’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009gompa
Earliest quotation: 2009, Pico Iyer, Heaven’s Gate: “And when finally I got to the end of…”
Every English word from Tibetan དགོན་པ
Today it means
noun A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tibetan དགོན་པ / gompa