རྫས

Dzongkha

རྫས།
dzä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛː˩/

Noun

རྫས (rdzas)

1. gunpowder
2. chemical, substance, material

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-dzas (“thing”) (STEDT), whence Burmese စာ (ca, “thing”) and Chinese 事 (OC *zrɯs, “thing”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rd͡zas/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rd͡zas/ (reconstructed)

Noun

རྫས • (rdzas)

1. thing, object, matter