ཁོལ་པོ
Tibetan edit
Etymology edit
ཁོལ (khol, “servant”) + པོ (po). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), Chinese 宦 (OC *ɡʷraːns), 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns).
Pronunciation edit
- Old Tibetan: /*kʰol.po/
- Lhasa: /kʰøː˥˥.poˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: koef-bo
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kʰøː˥˥.poˑ/
Noun edit
ཁོལ་པོ • (khol po)
Related terms edit
- ཁོལ་མོ (khol mo)
References edit
- “ཁོལ་པོ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.