དོམ
Dzongkha edit
Noun edit
དོམ (dom)
Sherpa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam (“bear”).
Noun edit
དོམ (thom)
Tibetan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam (“bear”), with preemption of the root initial by the prefix.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
དོམ • (dom)
- bear; in particular, the Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
- (archaic) debt
Derived terms edit
- དོམ་མཁྲིས (dom mkhris, “bear's bile (as medicine)”)
- དོམ་གདོང་ཅན (dom gdong can, “ṛ́kṣavaktra (ऋक्षवक्त्र (ṛkṣavaktra, “bear-face”)), bear-headed dakini”)
- དོམ་པགས (dom pags, “bear skin”)
- དོམ་ནག (dom nag, “black bear”)
- དོམ་ཁྲ (dom khra, “giant panda, panda”)
See also edit
- དྲེད་མོ (dred mo, “red or snow bear”)
References edit
- “དོམ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.