མཁའ

Tibetan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ka-n (heavens, sky, sun) (STEDT). Compare Chinese (OC *kaːn, *ɡran) and Namuyi nɛ⁵⁵ ŋkhɛ³³ mu³³ (sky).

Pronunciation


Noun

མཁའ • (mkha')

  1. space
    Synonym: མཁའ་དབྱིངས (mkha' dbyings)
  2. sky
    Synonym: ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')
  3. heaven, celestial realm
    Synonym: ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')
  4. vacuity, openness
  5. (traditional medicine) space, ether, air
    Synonym: ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')

Derived terms

References

  • མཁའ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.