གཟིམ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(d)z(i/u)m (“to sleep”). Compare Chinese 寢 (OC *sʰimʔ, “to lie down, sleep”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*gzim/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*gzim/ (reconstructed)

Verb

གཟིམ • (gzim) (nominal form གཟིམ་པ)

1. to sleep

Further reading

• “གཟིམ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.