རྒྱ་སྐད
Tibetan edit
Etymology edit
From རྒྱ (rgya, “expanse, empire”) + སྐད (skad, “language”). The first part may be an abbreviation for either རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag, “China”) or རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar, “India”).
Pronunciation edit
- Old Tibetan: /*rɡʲa.skat/
- Lhasa: /ɟa˩˨.kɛːˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ghyav-gae
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɟa˩˨.kɛːˑ/
Noun edit
རྒྱ་སྐད • (rgya skad)
Usage notes edit
The meaning of this term must be determined from context. It generally refers to Mandarin when used by Tibetan speakers in China and to Hindi when used by Tibetan speakers in India.