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རྒན་པོ
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Tibetan
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Usage notes
Tibetan
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Etymology
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From
རྒན
(
rgan
,
“
elder
”
)
+
-པོ
(
-po
,
“
person
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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Old Tibetan
:
/*rɡan.po/
Old Tibetan
:
IPA
(
key
)
:
/*rɡan.po/
(reconstructed)
Noun
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རྒན་པོ
•
(
rgan po
)
elder
,
headman
,
senior
,
uncle
,
grandfather
Usage notes
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Used to denote any elder man, with the connotation of deference and respect.
Categories
:
Tibetan terms suffixed with -པོ
Tibetan terms with IPA pronunciation
Tibetan lemmas
Tibetan nouns