English Explanatory Dictionary

chogyal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Certain Sikkimese monarchs which ruled from the 15th century until 1975, at which point the monarchy was abolished.

Word forms

chogyal the chogyal chogyals

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཆོས་རྒྱལ (chos rgyal), itself a calque of Sanskrit धर्मराज (dharmarāja, literally “Dharma king”).

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