ཨེམ་ཆི

Tibetan

Alternative forms

• ཨེམ་རྗེ (em rje)
• ཨམ་ཆི (am chi)

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠡᠮᠴᠢ (emči, “doctor”); compare Modern Khalkha Mongolian эмч (emč).

Pronunciation

• Lhasa: /ʔem˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/, /ʔəm˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/

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• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: em^f-qi^f, acm^f-qi^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʔem˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/, /ʔəm˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/

Noun

ཨེམ་ཆི • (em chi)

1. (medical) doctor

   Synonym: སྨན་པ (sman pa)