དེབ་ཐེར
Tibetan
editAlternative forms
edit- དེབ་གཏེར (deb gter)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Persian دفتر (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “parchment”). The spelling with གཏེར (gter) is based on a folk etymology connecting it to the meaning "treasure".
Pronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*dep.tʰer/
- Lhasa: /tʰep̚˩˨.tʰeː˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: tebv-teef
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tʰep̚˩˨.tʰeː˥˥/
Noun
editདེབ་ཐེར • (deb ther)