ཚོང་པ

Tibetan

Etymology

ཚོང (tshong, “business”) +‎ པ (pa)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*t͡sʰoŋ.pa/
• Lhasa: /t͡sʰoŋ˥˥.paˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡sʰoŋ.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: cong^f-ba
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ˥˥.paˑ/

Noun

ཚོང་པ • (tshong pa)

1. merchant, businessperson