ཉམས

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-njam.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ȵams/
• Lhasa: /ȵam˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ȵams/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: nyam^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ȵam˩˧˨/

Verb

ཉམས • (nyams) (nominal form ཉམས་པ)

1. (intransitive) to deteriorate, to grow weak, to decline, to perish

Conjugation

Conjugation of ཉམས

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ཉམས	nyams
Future	ཉམས	nyams
Past	ཉམས	nyams
Imperative	ཉམས	nyams

Noun

ཉམས • (nyams)

1. soul, mind, thought, sentiment
2. imposing air, elegance, charm, spirit