རྩ་བ

See also: རྩི་བ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-sa (“obscure internal channel; vein, muscle, pulse, nerve”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rt͡sa.ba/
• Lhasa: /t͡saː˥˥/, /t͡sa˥˥.wa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rt͡sa.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: zaa^f, za^f-wa^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡saː˥˥/, /t͡sa˥˥.wa˥˥/

Noun

རྩ་བ • (rtsa ba)

1. (botany) root
2. origin, source
3. basis, foundation