གནས

See also: ག་ནས

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na (“to stay, to live, to be”). Cognate with Burmese နား (na:, “to rest”).

Pronunciation

Verb

གནས • (gnas) (nominal form གནས་པ)

  1. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to reside

Conjugation

present གནས (gnas)
future གནས (gnas)
past གནས (gnas)
imperative གནས (gnas)

Noun

གནས • (gnas)

  1. place (of something)
  2. location, site
  3. abode, dwelling, realm
  4. holy, sacred place; place of pilgrimage
  5. subject, topic, section
  6. standpoint
  7. (computing) bit

Derived terms

  • བདུད་གནས (bdud gnas)
  • གནས་སྐབས (gnas skabs)
  • གནས་བསྐལ (gnas bskal)
  • གནས་གང (gnas gang)
  • གནས་ལྔ (gnas lnga)
  • གནས་ཆ (gnas cha)
  • གནས་བརྟན (gnas brtan)
  • གནས་སྦྱངས (gnas sbyangs, “nejang, a healing yoga practice”)
  • གནས་མེད (gnas med)
    • གནས་མེད་པ (gnas med pa)
  • གནས་མོ (gnas mo, “landlady”)
  • གནས་གཙང་མ (gnas gtsang ma)
  • གནས་ཚུལ (gnas tshul)
  • གནས་གཞི (gnas gzhi)
  • གནས་ལུགས (gnas lugs)
  • རིག་གནས (rig gnas)

References

  • “གནས” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • “གནས” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.
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