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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).
Pronunciation
Noun
堪布
- (Tibetan Buddhism) khenpo (degree for higher Buddhist studies given in Tibetan Buddhism)
Descendants
- → Middle Mongol: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)
- Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)