བཙོང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsoŋ (“onion”). Compare Chinese 葱 (cōng, “onion”), from Old Chinese 葱 (OC *sʰloːŋ, “onion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

བཙོང • (btsong)

  1. onion
  2. scallion

See also

Verb

བཙོང • (btsong) (nominal form བཙོང་བ)

  1. future of འཚོང ('tshong)
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