thangka

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thangka

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Borrowed from Tibetan ཐང་ཀ (thang ka, literally “painting”).

noun thangka · thangkas · tanka · tangka · thanka

A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag. When the talks by Lama Thubten Yeshe on Buddhist and Christian meditation were published, the text included a reproduction of a Christian icon and a Tibetan thangka.

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noun painted or embroidered linen banner

中文	唐卡 tángkǎ
Tiếng Việt	thangka

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@misc{thangka_2026,
  title = {thangka},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thangka},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}