བྱམས་པ

Tibetan

Etymology

“Maitreya”

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya, “friendly, benevolent”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bʲams.pa/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰam˩˨ pa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bʲams.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: qam^v ba^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰam˩˨ pa˥˥/

Noun

བྱམས་པ • (byams pa)

1. kindness
2. lover; sweetheart

Usage notes

• (lover): Usually used in folk songs.

Proper noun

བྱམས་པ • (byams pa)

1. (Buddhism) Maitreya
2. a unisex given name

Derived terms

• → Chinese: 強巴／强巴 (Qiángbā)

References

• Yu, Daoquan (于道泉), chief editor, Fu, Jiazhang (傅家璋), editor (1983) 藏汉对照拉萨口语词典 (in Chinese), Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House, page 652