སེང

See also: སེངྒེ, སྙིང, and སྟོང

Tibetan

Etymology

Abbreviation of སེང་གེ (seng ge, “lion”), from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*seŋ/
• Lhasa: /seŋ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*seŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: seng^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /seŋ˥˥/

Noun

སེང • (seng)

1. lion