ཕལ་སྐད

Tibetan

Etymology

ཕལ (phal, “general, ordinary”) +‎ སྐད (skad, “language”)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pʰal.skat/
• Lhasa: /pʰɛː˥˥.kɛː˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pʰal.skat/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: pae^f-gae^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰɛː˥˥.kɛː˥˨/

Noun

ཕལ་སྐད • (phal skad)

1. colloquial language, vernacular language, demotic

See also

• ཡིག་སྐད (yig skad)
• ཆོས་སྐད (chos skad)
• ཡུལ་སྐད (yul skad)
• སྤྱི་སྐད (spyi skad)