ཁ་ཆེ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 佉尺 (“Kashmir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɑ˥.t͡ɕʰe˥/

Proper noun

ཁ་ཆེ (kha che)

1. Kashmir (the region encompassing the southmost portion of Central Asia & the northmost extent of the Indian subcontinent.)
2. Muslim

Tibetan

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 佉尺 (“Kashmir”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kʰa.t͡ɕʰe/
• Lhasa: /kʰa˥˥.t͡ɕʰɛːˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kʰa.t͡ɕʰe/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ka^f-qae
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kʰa˥˥.t͡ɕʰɛːˑ/

Noun

ཁ་ཆེ • (kha che)

1. Islam, Muslim

See also

• དབྱི་སི་ལམ་ཆོས་ལུགས (dbyi si lam chos lugs)