དམངས་གཙོ

Tibetan

Etymology

དམངས (dmangs, “the common people, populace”) +‎ གཙོ (gtso, “main, primary, chief, principal”). Compare Chinese 民主 (mínzhǔ, “democracy; populace + main”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*dmaŋs.kt͡so/
Lhasa: /maŋ˥˥.t͡so˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*dmaŋs.kt͡so/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: mang^f-zo^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /maŋ˥˥.t͡so˥˥/

Noun

དམངས་གཙོ • (dmangs gtso)

democracy

Adjective

དམངས་གཙོ • (dmangs gtso)

democratic