Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geshe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
geshe
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.

Etymology

From Tibetan དགེ་བཤེས (dge bshes).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: དགེ་བཤེས

Inflected Forms

geshes (plural)

Questions

What does geshe mean?
A Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.
Where does geshe come from?
From Tibetan དགེ་བཤེས (dge bshes).

How to pronounce geshe

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