ཟླ་བ

See also: ཟ་བ and ཟོ་བ

Dzongkha

Etymology

ཟླ (zla) +‎ བ (ba), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“moon, month”).

Noun

ཟླ་བ (zla ba)

1. moon

Tibetan

Etymology

ཟླ (zla) +‎ བ (ba), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“moon, month”). The name is often given to children born on a Monday.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*zla.ba/
• Lhasa: /ta˩˨.waˑ/
• Batang: /nda˩˧.ɣɑ˥˥/
• Dêgê: /da˩˧.wa˥˧/
• Gyaitang: /nda˥˧.wã˩˧/
• Zêkog: /rda.wa/
• Bla-Brang: /hda.wa/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*zla.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: da^v-wa
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˨.waˑ/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /nda˩˧.ɣɑ˥˥/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /da˩˧.wa˥˧/
  • (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /nda˥˧.wã˩˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rda.wa/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hda.wa/

Noun

ཟླ་བ • (zla ba)

1. moon
2. month
3. Ellipsis of གཟའ་ཟླ་བ (gza' zla ba, “Monday”).

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠸᠠ (dawa) / даваа (davaa)

Proper noun

ཟླ་བ • (zla ba)

1. a unisex given name: Dawa