གངས་རི

Tibetan

གངས་རི

Etymology

གངས (gangs, “snow”) +‎ རི (ri, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ɡaŋs.ri/
• Lhasa: /kʰəŋ˩˨.ʐi˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ɡaŋs.ri/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: kacng^v-ri^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kʰəŋ˩˨.ʐi˥˥/

Noun

གངས་རི • (gangs ri)

1. high, snowy mountain, snow-covered mountain, snowy mountain, any great Tibetan mountain range
2. glacier