གདན

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*gdan/
• Lhasa: /tonˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*gdan/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: don
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tonˑ/

Noun

གདན • (gdan)

1. place something rests
2. mat, seat, cushion, mattress
3. low seat, throne, stage
4. residence, monastery

Derived terms

• ཆབ་གདན (chab gdan, “nappy, diaper”)
• གདན་གདིང་བ (gdan gding ba, “monk's mat”)