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Definition 2024

prayer_wheel

prayer wheel

English

Noun

prayer wheel ‎(plural prayer wheels)

(religion) A rotating cylinder either inscribed with or containing prayers, mainly used by Tibetan Buddhists.

Translations

rotating cylinder containing prayers

Chinese:
Mandarin:
Danish: bedemølle c
Finnish: rukousmylly (fi)
German: Gebetsmühle (de) f

Hungarian: imamalom (hu)
Mongolian: мөргөлийн хүрд, хүрд (mn)
Russian: моли́твенное колесо́ n ‎(molítvennoje kolesó)
Swedish: bönekvarn c
Tibetan: མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར ‎(ma ni chos 'khor)