ག

See also: གླེ, གྷ, ཀ, and གི
ག U+0F42, ག
TIBETAN LETTER GA
← ཁ
[U+0F41] 		Tibetan གྷ →
[U+0F43]

Translingual

Letter

ག

  1. Tibetan letter ga

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡə/, [ɡʌ]

Letter

ག (ga)

  1. The fifth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɑ˥/, [kʰɑ˥]

Etymology 1

Letter

ག (ga)

  1. The third letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ག (ga)

  1. who

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɐ̀]

Etymology 1

Related to Dzongkha དགའ (dga') and Tibetan དགའ (dga').

Verb

ག (ga)

  1. (transitive) to enjoy
  2. (transitive) to love

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ga. Cognates include Tibetan སྒ (sga) and Dzongkha སྒ (sga).

Noun

ག (ga)

  1. saddle

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ག (ga)

  1. path

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 23
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

Tibetan

Pronunciation

Letter

ག • (ga)

  1. Tibetan letter ga
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