རྒ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (“old”). Cognate with Chinese 古 (OC *kaːʔ, “ancient”), 故 (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rɡa/
• Lhasa: /kɛː˩˧˨/
• Batang: /gɛ˥˥/
• Zêkog: /rgi/
• Bla-Brang: /ge/
• Arik: /rgi/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rɡa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: gae^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kɛː˩˧˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /gɛ˥˥/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rgi/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ge/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /rgi/

Adjective

རྒ • (rga)

1. old; aged; elderly

Derived terms

• རྒ་བ (rga ba)