བོད་ལྗོངས

Tibetan

Etymology

བོད (bod, “Tibet”) +‎ ལྗོངས (ljongs, “country, region”)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bot.ld͡ʑoŋs/
• Lhasa: /pʰø̃˩˨.t͡ɕoŋ˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bot.ld͡ʑoŋs/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: poen^v-jong^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰø̃˩˨.t͡ɕoŋ˥˨/

Noun

བོད་ལྗོངས • (bod ljongs)

1. Tibet, especially the central regions of Tibet