prayer flag

English

Noun

prayer flag (plural prayer flags)

1. A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.

Translations

colourful rectangular cloth

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經幡／经幡 (jīngfān), 经幡 (jīngfān)

• Dutch: gebedsvlag m or f
• Finnish: rukouslippu
• French: drapeau de prière m
• German: Gebetsfahne f, Gebetsflagge f
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: bandeira de oração f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: bandera de oración f
• Tibetan: དར་ལྕོག། (dar lcog)