གཏམ

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(t/d)am (“to talk; to speak”). Cognate with Chinese 談 (OC *l'aːm, “to talk”).

Pronunciation

Noun

གཏམ • (gtam)

  1. speech, talk, conversation
  2. news, information
    གཏམ་བཟང ― gtam bzang ― good news
Derived terms

Verb

གཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)

  1. (transitive) to say, to tell
Conjugation
present གཏམ (gtam)
future གཏམ (gtam)
བཏམ (btam)
past གཏམས (gtams)
བཏམས (btams)
imperative གཏམས (gtams)
གཏོམས (gtoms)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

གཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)

  1. (transitive) to entrust to, to give over for the care of
Conjugation
present གཏམ (gtam)
future གཏམ (gtam)
past གཏམས (gtams)
imperative ཏམས (tams)
གཏམས (gtams)
ཐོམས (thoms)
གཏོམས (gtoms)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

གཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)

  1. alternative form of གཏམས (gtams, “to fill up”)
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