བོན

Tibetan

Etymology

From འབོད ('bod, “to call; to shout”) (Zhang, 2009). Possibly related to བོད (bod, “Tibet”) as well (Lalou, 1958).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bon/
• Lhasa: /pʰø̃˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bon/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: poen^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰø̃˩˨/

Proper noun

བོན • (bon)

1. (religion) Bon, an indigenous religious tradition of Tibet.

Related terms

• བོན་པོའི་ཆོས་ལུགས (bon po'i chos lugs)

Verb

བོན • (bon) (nominal form བོན་པ) (archaic)

1. to express, to mutter
2. to ask (a god, sovereign)
3. to give, to offer (to a god, sovereign)
4. (for a god, sovereign) to receive, to obtain, to take
5. (probable) to murmur, to recite (charms, prayers)
6. (probable) to invoke, to summon, to call

Conjugation

Conjugation of བོན

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	བོན འབོན	bon 'bon
Future	བོན	bon
Past	བོནད	bond
Imperative	བོན འབོནད	bon 'bond