གསའ་གཟིག

Tibetan

Etymology

གསའ (gsa', “snow leopard”) +‎ གཟིག (gzig, “leopard”). Alternatively, a shortening of གསའ་མ་གཟིག (gsa' ma gzig).

Pronunciation

  • Lhasa: /sa˥˥.si(k̚)ˀ˥˨/

Noun

གསའ་གཟིག • (gsa' gzig)

  1. snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
    Hypernym: གསའ (gsa')

Usage notes

Goldstein (2001) considers this to be a certain type of snow leopard.

References

  • Goldstein, Melvyn (2001). The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan. University of California Press. Page 1152. →ISBN
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