ཡིག་བརྙན

Tibetan

Etymology

From ཡིག (yig, “letter”) +‎ བརྙན (brnyan, “image”). Calque of Chinese 字幕 (zìmù).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*jik.brȵan/
• Lhasa: /ji(k̚)ˀ˩˨.ȵɛ̃ˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*jik.brȵan/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: yig^v-nyaen
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ji(k̚)ˀ˩˨.ȵɛ̃ˑ/

Noun

ཡིག་བརྙན • (yig brnyan)

1. subtitle, caption