ཁོལ

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), Chinese 宦 (OC *ɡʷraːns), 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns).

Pronunciation

Noun

ཁོལ • (khol)

  1. slave, servant
  2. piece, fragment, bit
Derived terms
  • ཁོལ་རྒྱུད (khol rgyud)
  • ཁོལ་བུ (khol bu)
  • ཁོལ་བྲན (khol bran)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

ཁོལ • (khol)

  1. alternative spelling of འཁོལ ('khol)
  2. past of འཁོལ ('khol)
  3. imperative of འགེལ ('gel)
  4. imperative of བཀོལ (bkol)

References

  • “ཁོལ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
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