English
kangling
Kangling comes from Tibetan རྐང་གླིང.
- Tibetanmodernརྐང་གླིངliterally ‘leg flute’
- Englishtodaykangling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Tibetanmodernརྐང་གླིངliterally ‘leg flute’
- Englishtodaykangling
Every English word from Tibetan རྐང་གླིང
Today it means
noun A Tibetan Buddhist ritual trumpet made from a human femur or tibia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tibetan རྐང་གླིང / kangling