དེབ་ཐེར

Tibetan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دفتر (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “parchment”). The spelling with གཏེར (gter) is based on a folk etymology connecting it to the meaning "treasure".

Pronunciation

Noun

དེབ་ཐེར • (deb ther)

  1. annals, records
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