བསྟན་འཛིན

Tibetan

Etymology

From བསྟན (bstan, “teaching”) +‎ འཛིན ('dzin, “take hold of, adhere to”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*pstan.ⁿd͡zin/
Lhasa: /tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*pstan.ⁿd͡zin/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: daen^f-zin^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

Noun

བསྟན་འཛིན • (bstan 'dzin)

an adherent; one who upholds and adheres to the doctrines

Proper noun

བསྟན་འཛིན • (bstan 'dzin)

a unisex given name, Tenzin

Descendants

→ Chinese: 丹增 (Dānzēng)
→ English: Tenzin