གཏམ
Tibetan
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(t/d)am (“to talk; to speak”). Cognate with Chinese 談 (OC *l'aːm, “to talk”).
Pronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*ktam/
- Lhasa: /tam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: damf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tam˥˥/
Noun
editགཏམ • (gtam)
- speech, talk, conversation
- news, information
- གཏམ་བཟང ― gtam bzang ― good news
Derived terms
editVerb
editགཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)
- (transitive) to say, to tell
Conjugation
editConjugation of གཏམ
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*ktam/
- Lhasa: /tam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: damf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tam˥˥/
Verb
editགཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)
- (transitive) to entrust to, to give over for the care of
Conjugation
editConjugation of གཏམ
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*ktam/
- Lhasa: /tam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: damf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tam˥˥/