ཕྱུ་པ

Tibetan

Alternative forms

• ཆུ་པ (chu pa)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic جبّة (jubba, “robe, jubbah”). Compare Turkish cübbe.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pʰʲu.pa/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰu˥˥.pə˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pʰʲu.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: qu^f-bac^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰu˥˥.pə˥˥/

Noun

ཕྱུ་པ • (phyu pa)

1. chuba (long sheepskin coat)

Descendants

• → English: chuba