གནམ་གྲུ

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɑm˥.ʈu˩/

Noun

གནམ་གྲུ (gnam gru)

aircraft, aeroplane, airplane, plane

Derived terms

གནམ་གྲུ་འབུཔ (gnam gru 'bup)

References

Dzongkha-English Pocket Dictionary, 2nd edition, Thimphu, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission, 2013, →ISBN, page 496

Tibetan

Etymology

From གནམ (gnam, “sky”) +‎ གྲུ (gru, “boat”).

Pronunciation

Lhasa: /nəm˥˥.ʈ͡ʂu˥˥/

Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nacm^f-zhu^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nəm˥˥.ʈ͡ʂu˥˥/

Noun

གནམ་གྲུ • (gnam gru)

aircraft, aeroplane, airplane, plane
Synonym: ལྕགས་བྱ (lcags bya)

Derived terms

གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང (gnam gru thang, “airport”)
གནམ་གྲུ་བབ་ལམ (gnam gru bab lam, “runway”)
གནམ་གྲུ་འཇོག་ཁང (gnam gru 'jog khang, “hangar”)
ཐད་འཕུར་གནམ་གྲུ (thad 'phur gnam gru, “helicopter”)