དྲི
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ri-k (“rotten, pus, gleet, filth, stench, smell, odor”). Cognate with Burmese ရိ (ri., “gleet, discharge”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*dri/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂi˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*dri/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zhiv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂi˩˨/
Noun
དྲི • (dri)
- See དྲི་མ (dri ma, “odor, smell”).