གཟིག
Sherpa
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editགཟིག (zik)
Tibetan
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-zik (“leopard”). Cognate with Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (“leopard/panther”), Burmese သစ် (sac, “leopard”), Northern Qiang [script needed] (sə), Nuosu ꍀ (ssyt), Chepang [script needed] (jaʔ).
Pronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*gzik/
- Lhasa: /si(k̚)ˀ˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: sigv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /si(k̚)ˀ˩˨/
Noun
editགཟིག • (gzig)
Derived terms
edit- གསའ་གཟིག (gsa' gzig)