བདེན
Tibetan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Chinese 真 (OC *ʔljin). Has also been connected to 貞 (OC *teŋ), 偵 (OC *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs) and 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs) (Schuessler, 2007). Doublet of དྲང་པོ (drang po) (Sagart, 2020b).
Pronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*bden/
- Lhasa: /tẽ˩˨/
- Batang: /dẽ⁵⁵/
- Zêkog: /wden/
Adjective
editབདེན • (bden)
- See བདེན་པ (bden pa, “true, real”).
References
edit- “བདེན” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.