Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ləy (flea).[1] Cognate with Burmese လှေး (hle:) and S'gaw Karen ကျံ (klee).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

ལྗི (lji)

  1. flea
    Synonym: ལྗི་བ (lji ba)
  2. weight, heaviness

References edit

  • ལྗི” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.