Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kagyu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
kagyu
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

One of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Etymology

From Tibetan བཀའ་བརྒྱུད (bka' brgyud).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད

Inflected Forms

Kagyü (alternative)

Phrases

Drukpa Kagyu

Questions

What does kagyu mean?
One of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Where does kagyu come from?
From Tibetan བཀའ་བརྒྱུད (bka' brgyud).

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