དངུལ

Dzongkha

Chemical element
Ag

རོམ་གྱི་དངུལ།
Rom-g˚i 'ngü.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋyː˥/

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

1. silver
2. currency, money

Adjective

དངུལ (dngul)

1. silvery, shiny white, silver-colored

Sherpa

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

1. silver

Tibetan

Chemical element
Ag

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*dŋul/
• Lhasa: /ŋyː˥˥/
• Batang: /ŋy˥˥/
• Dêgê: /ŋu˥˥/
• Zêkog: /rŋu/
• Bla-Brang: /hŋu/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*dŋul/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ngue^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ŋyː˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ŋy˥˥/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ŋu˥˥/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rŋu/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hŋu/

Noun

དངུལ • (dngul)

1. silver
2. money

Derived terms

• ངུལ་རྩིས (ngul rtsis, “finance”)
• དངུལ་ཁང (dngul khang, “bank”)
• དངུལ་ཁུག (dngul khug, “billfold”)
• དངུལ་འཇོག (dngul 'jog, “deposit”)
• དངུལ་ལོར (dngul lor, “paper money, note”)

 

References

• “དངུལ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “དངུལ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.