རྡུལ

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-dul ~ r-tul.

Noun

རྡུལ (dul)

1. dust

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-dul ~ r-tul. Cognate with Chinese 塵 (OC *rdɯn).

Noun

རྡུལ • (rdul)

1. dust (as particles floating in the air)
2. mote, atom

Derived terms

• གློག་རྡུལ (glog rdul, “electron”)
• རྡུལ་ཕྲན (rdul phran)

See also

• ཐལ་བ (thal ba)