How to Say “Good” in Tibetan

ཡག་པོ་
yakpo
The English word 'good' is translated into Tibetan as ཡག་པོ་ (yakpo).
The adjective ཡག་པོ་ is used to describe things that are pleasant or enjoyable.
Meaning: pleasant, enjoyable (adj)

What does it mean word for word?

The word is composed of ཡག་ (yak), which means 'good' or 'fine' and the particle པོ་ (po), which is used to form adjectives.

How do you pronounce it?

yakpo

Did you know?

  • While ཡག་པོ་ means 'good', you might hear people use the word བཟང་པོ་ (bzang po) to describe a person's character or moral goodness instead.
  • The suffix པོ་ (po) in ཡག་པོ་ is often used to denote a masculine agent or a person in other contexts, though here it simply forms an adjective.
  • In the context of Tibetan medicine, ཡག་པོ་ is used to describe a state of balanced humors in the body.

Examples in context

  • ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་དབང་ཚལ་ཡག་པོ་འདུག
    khyed kyi dwang tshal yag po du.
    Your garden is nice.
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