གཞུང

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“navel, centre”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʑuŋ˩/

Noun

གཞུང (gzhung)

  1. centre, core, heartland, hub
  2. government, the state, the public
  3. Buddhist philosophy

Sikkimese

Noun

གཞུང (gzhung)

  1. government

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ. Cognate with 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “centre, middle”).

Pronunciation 1

Noun

གཞུང • (gzhung)

  1. centre, core, middle
  2. (main) text, scripture, literature

Pronunciation 2

Noun

གཞུང • (gzhung)

  1. government, the state

Derived terms

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