ཉན

Tibetan

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan མཉནད (mnyand, “to listen”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nyan (“to hear; to listen”). Cognate with Chinese 認 / 认 (rèn, “to recognize”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ཉན • (nyan) (nominal form ཉན་པ)

  1. (with dative) to listen
  2. (with dative) to obey

Conjugation

Classical Tibetan
present ཉན (nyan)
future ཉན (nyan)
past ཉནད (nyand)
imperative ཉོནད (nyond)

Derived terms

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