གཞུང
Dzongkha
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“navel, centre”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editགཞུང (gzhung)
- centre, core, heartland, hub
- government, the state, the public
- Buddhist philosophy
Sikkimese
editNoun
editགཞུང (gzhung)
Tibetan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ. Cognate with 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “centre, middle”).
Pronunciation 1
edit- Old Tibetan: /*gʑuŋ/
- Lhasa: /ɕuŋ˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: xungv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɕuŋ˩˨/
Noun
editགཞུང • (gzhung)
Pronunciation 2
edit- Old Tibetan: /*gʑuŋ/
- Lhasa: /ɕuŋ˩˧˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: xungw
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɕuŋ˩˧˨/
Noun
editགཞུང • (gzhung)
- government, the state
Derived terms
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- གཞུང་ལམ (gzhung lam)
Categories:
- Dzongkha terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Dzongkha terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Dzongkha terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dzongkha lemmas
- Dzongkha nouns
- Sikkimese lemmas
- Sikkimese nouns
- Tibetan terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Tibetan terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Tibetan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tibetan lemmas
- Tibetan nouns