ཡིག་ཚང

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jik̚˩.t͡sʰɑ˥/

Noun

ཡིག་ཚང (yig tshang)

1. office, bureau

Tibetan

Etymology

ཡིག (yig, “letter”) +‎ ཚང (tshang, “abode, nest”)

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

ཡིག་ཚང • (yig tshang)

1. office, bureau

   Synonym: ལས་ཁུངས (las khungs)

2. archive

   Synonym: ཡིག་མཛོད (yig mdzod)