སྒྲོ
Tibetan
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Either from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-grwa (“feather”), whence Chinese 羽 (Coblin, 1986; Gong Hwang-cherng, 2002; STEDT), or *w(a/u) (“bird; egg; wing; fowl”) (Matisoff, 2000; Schuessler, 2007; Sagart, 2021b; STEDT).
Pronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*zɡro/
Noun
editསྒྲོ • (sgro)
Verb
editསྒྲོ • (sgro) (nominal form སྒྲོ་བ)
- to elevate; to exaggerate