modal particle · A dialectal sentence-final particle similar to 了 le, used for emphasis or indicating completed action, especially in Yunnan.

你吃饭噶？

place name · Used for the phonetic transliteration of foreign sounds, particularly in Tibetan and Mongolian names and terms.

噶厦曾是西藏的地方政府机构。

noun · Refers to the Ge language, associated with the language of Buddha in specific Tibetan Buddhist contexts.

他在研究藏传佛教文献中的噶语。