ཙོང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsuŋ (“onion”). Compare Chinese 葱 (cōng, “onion”), from Old Chinese 葱 (OC *sʰloːŋ, “onion”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*t͡soŋ/
• Lhasa: /t͡soŋ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡soŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: zong^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡soŋ˥˥/

Noun

ཙོང • (tsong)

1. onion

See also

• བཙོང (btsong, “onion, scallion”)