ཀ་བ
Tibetan edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambha, “pillar; support; prop”) (Hill, 2007). Compare Nepali खम्बा (khambā, “pillar; pole”), खामो (khāmo, “pillar; post; stake; prop”), Gujarati ખંભ (khambh, “pillar”), ખંભો (khambho, “pillar”), and Marathi खांब (khāmba, “pillar; post”).
Pronunciation edit
- Old Tibetan: /*ka.ba/
- Lhasa: /kaː˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gaaf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kaː˥˥/
Noun edit
ཀ་བ • (ka ba)