མཁའ
Tibetan
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ka-n (“heavens, sky, sun”) (STEDT). Compare Chinese 乾 (OC *kaːn, *ɡran) and Namuyi nɛ⁵⁵ ŋkhɛ³³ mu³³ (“sky”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*mkʰa(ɣ)/
- Lhasa: /kʰa˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*mkʰa(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: kaf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kʰa˥˥/
Noun
མཁའ • (mkha')
- space
- Synonym: མཁའ་དབྱིངས (mkha' dbyings)
- sky
- Synonym: ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')
- heaven, celestial realm
- Synonym: ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')
- vacuity, openness
- (traditional medicine) space, ether, air
- Synonym: ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')
Derived terms
- མཁའ་འགྲོ (mkha' 'gro)
- མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ (mkha' 'gro ma)
- མཁའ་དབྱིངས (mkha' dbyings)
- ནམ་མཁའ (nam mkha')
References
- “མཁའ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.