ལེན

Tibetan

Etymology

Resultative of ལོན (lon).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*len/
• Lhasa: /lẽ˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*len/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: len^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lẽ˩˨/

Verb

ལེན • (len) (nominal form ལེན་པ)

1. (transitive) to receive, to get, to obtain
2. (transitive) to accept what is given
3. (transitive) to carry, to take in hand, to hold
4. (transitive) to draw out, to take out
5. (transitive) to sing the words to a song

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལེན

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལེན (rare) ལོང (rare) ལོན	len long lon
Future	བླང	blang
Past	བླངས བློངས (rare) ལོངས	blangs blongs longs
Imperative	ལོངས ལོན བླངས ལོང (archaic) ལེནད	longs lon blangs long lend

Derived terms

• སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa, “receptionist”)