གཞུང
Dzongkha edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“navel, centre”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
གཞུང (gzhung)
- centre, core, heartland, hub
- government, the state, the public
- Buddhist philosophy
Sikkimese edit
Noun edit
གཞུང (gzhung)
Tibetan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ. Cognate with 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “centre, middle”).
Pronunciation 1 edit
- Old Tibetan: /*gʑuŋ/
- Lhasa: /ɕuŋ˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: xungv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɕuŋ˩˨/
Noun edit
གཞུང • (gzhung)
Pronunciation 2 edit
- Old Tibetan: /*gʑuŋ/
- Lhasa: /ɕuŋ˩˧˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: xungw
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɕuŋ˩˧˨/
Noun edit
གཞུང • (gzhung)
- government, the state
Derived terms edit
- གཞུང་ལམ (gzhung lam)