'Phags-pa

English

Alternative forms

Phags-pa
ḥPʻags-pa, ḥP'ags-pa (academic)

Etymology

From Tibetan འཕགས་པ ('phags pa, literally “noble”).

Proper noun

'Phags-pa

An alphabet designed in the 1200s by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor Drogön Chögyal Phagpa for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Literary Chinese: 蒙古新字 (ménggǔ xīn zì), 國字 (guózì)

Mandarin: 八思巴文 (zh) (bāsībā wén), 八思巴字 (zh) (bāsībā zì)
German: Phagpa-Schrift f
Mongolian: дөрвөлжин үсэг (mn) (dörvölžin üseg), дөрвөлжин бичиг (dörvölžin bičig)

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