བསོད་ནམས

Tibetan

Etymology

བསོད (bsod, “merit”) +‎ ནམས (nams)

Pronunciation 1

• Old Tibetan: /*psot.nams/
• Lhasa: /so˥˥.nam˥˨/, /søː˥˥.nam˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*psot.nams/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: so^f-nam^h, soe^f-nam^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /so˥˥.nam˥˨/, /søː˥˥.nam˥˨/

Noun

བསོད་ནམས • (bsod nams)

1. merit, virtue, meritorious action
2. good fortune, luck

Pronunciation 2

• Old Tibetan: /*psot.nams/
• Lhasa: /so˥˥.na˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*psot.nams/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: so^f-na^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /so˥˥.na˥˨/

Proper noun

བསོད་ནམས • (bsod nams)

1. a unisex given name: Sonam