མིང

Bumthangkha

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan མིང (ming).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miŋ˩˧/

Noun

མིང (ming)

  1. name

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meŋ˩/

Noun

མིང (ming)

  1. name, title

Kurtöp

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan མིང (ming).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mìŋ]

Noun

མིང (ming)

  1. name

Synonyms

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 153
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ. Cognate with Chinese 名 (míng).

Pronunciation

Noun

“name”
Plain མིང (ming)
Honorific མཚན (mtshan)

མིང • (ming)

  1. name, designation
  2. word, term

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bumthangkha: མིང (ming)
  • → Kurtöp: མིང (ming)
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