chinthe means A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “lion”), pronounced /t͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴðḛ/.
noun
- A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples“The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes.”