རྒྱ་སྐད
Tibetan
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editརྒྱ་སྐད • (rgya skad)
Usage notes
editThe 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.