ལྷ

See also: ལ, ལི, ལོ, ལྔ, and ལྕེ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-hla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬɑ˥/

Noun

ལྷ (lha)

1. deity, god

Derived terms

• ལྷ་མོ (lha mo, “goddess”)

Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪̥a/, [l̪̥a]

Letter

ལྷ (lha)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-hla.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*l̥a/
• Lhasa: /ɬa˥˥/
• Batang: /ɬa˥˧/
• Dêgê: /ɬa˥˧/
• Zêkog: /ɬa/
• Bla-Brang: /ɬa/
• Arik: /ɬæ/
• Mdung-Nag: /ɬɐ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*l̥a/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lha^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /ɬa/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ɬa/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /ɬæ/
  • (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /ɬɐ/

Noun

ལྷ • (lha)

1. god, deity

Derived terms

• ལྷ་ཁང (lha khang, “temple”)

Descendants

• → Wutunhua: lha

See also

• ལྷ་ས (lha sa)