prayer flag

English

Noun

prayer flag (plural prayer flags)

A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.
Synonym: thangka

Translations

colourful rectangular cloth

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 經幡／经幡 (jīngfān)
Dutch: gebedsvlag m or f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: rukouslippu
French: drapeau de prière m
German: Gebetsfahne f, Gebetsflagge f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: хийморь (mn) (xiimorʹ)
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: bandeira de oração f
Russian: моли́твенный флаг m (molítvennyj flag)
Spanish: bandera de oración f
Tibetan: དར་ལྕོག། (dar lcog)

See also

wind horse

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