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དགེ་བ

noun

LanguageSikkimese

Meaning
  1. A supervisor or director of the other monks in a monastery.
  2. supervisor of monks
  3. A person in a monastery who is responsible for managing or directing the other monks.
Examples

དགེ་བ་དེས་གྲྭ་པ་ཚོར་ལྟ་རྟོག་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད།

The supervisor of monks takes care of the monks.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term refers specifically to a monastic official role.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 8 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.