གཙང

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)s(j)aŋ (“clean; pure; clear”). Cognate with Chinese 清、淨.

Pronunciation

Adjective

གཙང • (gtsang)

  1. clean, pure; See གཙང་བ (gtsang ba).
    Antonym: བཙོག (btsog)
Derived terms
  • གཙང་དག (gtsang dag)
  • གཙང་དུས (gtsang dus)
  • གཙང་བ (gtsang ba)
  • གཙང་བཙོག (gtsang btsog)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

གཙང • (gtsang)

  1. Name of a historical province of Central Tibet.
  2. The southwestern part of Central Tibet, representing the area of the former province.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Chinese: 藏 (Zàng)
  • → Wutunhua: zang
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