རོལ་མོ

Tibetan

Etymology

From རོལ (rol, “to amuse oneself”). Compare Chinese 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ, “joyful; music”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rol.mo/
• Lhasa: /ʐøː˩˨.mo˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rol.mo/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: roe^v-mo^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʐøː˩˨.mo˥˥/

Noun

རོལ་མོ • (rol mo)

1. music
2. musical instrument