དགེ་རྒན

Tibetan

Etymology

From དགེ (dge, “virtuous, good”) +‎ རྒན (rgan, “elder”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*dɡe.rɡan/
Lhasa: /ke˩˨.kɛ̃˥˥/
Dêgê: /ge˧˥.gen˥˧/
Zêkog: /rge.rgan/
Bla-Brang: /hger.gan/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*dɡe.rɡan/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ge^v-gaen^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ke˩˨.kɛ̃˥˥/
Khams
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ge˧˥.gen˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rge.rgan/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hger.gan/

Noun

དགེ་རྒན • (dge rgan)

teacher; master; tutor

Descendants

→ Bonan: gergen
→ East Yugur: gergan
→ Wutunhua: ggaiggan