ཞལ

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɛː˩/

Noun

ཞལ (zhal)

1. (formal) face
2. (formal) mouth

Synonyms

• (face): གདོང (gdong) (informal)
• (mouth): ཁ (kha) (informal)

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ʑal/
• Lhasa: /ɕɛː˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ʑal/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xae^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕɛː˩˨/

Noun

“mouth”

Plain	ཁ (kha)
Honorific	ཞལ (zhal)

ཞལ • (zhal)

1. (honorific) mouth
2. (honorific) face

Derived terms

• ཞལ་ཅོར (zhal cor, “towel”)