བོད

See also: པོད, བདེ, and པད

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰøː˩/

Proper noun

བོད (bod)

1. Tibet

Tibetan

Etymology

According to Bialek, originally the name of a people inhabiting modern Nyêmo County. Possibly related to བོན (bon, “to express, to mutter, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bot/
• Lhasa: /pʰøː˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bot/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: poe^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰøː˩˧˨/

Proper noun

བོད • (bod)

1. Tibet

Derived terms

• བོད་སྐད (bod skad)
• བོད་ཆས (bod chas)
• བོད་ཆེན་པོ (bod chen po)
• བོད་ཇ (bod ja)
• བོད་ལྗོངས (bod ljongs)
• བོད་པ (bod pa)
• བོད་སྨན (bod sman)
• བོད་ཡིག (bod yig)
• བོད་ཡུལ (bod yul)
• བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས (bod rang skyong ljongs)
• བོད་རིགས (bod rigs)

 

Descendants

• Dzongkha: བོད (bod)
• →? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)
  • → Latin: Baetae
• →⇒? Middle Chinese: 發羌 (MC pjot khjang); 附國 (MC bjuH kwok)
• →? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)
  • Assamese: ভোট (bhüt)
  • Bengali: ভোট (bhōṭ)
  • Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ)
  • Nepali: भोट (bhoṭ)
  • Odia: ଭୋଟ (bhoṭa)
  • → Sanskrit: भौट्ट (bhauṭṭa), भोट (bhoṭa)
  • ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta)

See also

• དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang)