ཉི་བརྟེན

Tibetan

Etymology

ཉི (nyi, “sun”) +‎ བརྟེན (brten, “support, lean, flanked by”). Often interpreted as "facing the sun",[1] compare Chinese 朝陽 / 朝阳 (Cháoyáng).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ཉི་བརྟེན • (nyi brten)

  1. Nyidên / Yading, a nature reserve in Daocheng County, in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 亞丁 / 亚丁 (Yàdīng)

References

  1. ^ “Daocheng Yading: Holy mountains where snow never melts”, in CGTN News‎[1], 2019
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