Ladakh

English

Etymology

From لداخ (ladâx), the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian transliteration of the region's (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tibetan name, ལ་དྭགས (la dwags).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈdɑːk/

Proper noun

Ladakh

1. A sparsely-populated, predominantly Buddhist region, now administered by India as part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is bordered by the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas in the south.

Translations

region

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉達克／拉达克 (zh) (Lādákè), 拉达克 (zh) (Lādákè)

• Dzongkha: ལ་དྭགས (la dwags)
• French: Ladakh (fr)
• German: Ladakh
• Hindi: लद्दाख़ (laddāx)
• Manchu: ᠯᠠᡩ᠋ᠠᡴ (ladak)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Oriya: ଲାଡ଼କ (or) (lāṛaka)
• Russian: Лада́кх (Ladákx), Ладак (Ladak)
• Tibetan: ལ་དྭགས (la dwags)
• Urdu: لدّاخ

See also

• Aksai Chin

Anagrams

• Dhakal