Cognate with ཞིམ་བུ (zhim bu) and ཞུམ་བུ (zhum bu), all possibly from earlier *ryi-mi.[1] If true, then perhaps of Sino-Tibetan origin and cognate with Old Chinese 狸 (OC *rɯ)[1] (see there for further etymology).
ཞི་མི • (zhi mi)