སློབ་མ

Tibetan

Etymology

སློབ (slob, “to learn”) +‎ མ (ma).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*zlop.ma/
• Lhasa: /lo˥˥.ma˥˥/
• Bla-Brang: /ɬop.ma/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*zlop.ma/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lo^f-ma^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lo˥˥.ma˥˥/
• Amdo
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ɬop.ma/

Noun

སློབ་མ • (slob ma)

1. disciple; follower; student; pupil

Descendants

• → Wutunhua: lhoma

References

• “སློབ་མ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.