U+0F5D, ཝ
TIBETAN LETTER WA
ཛྷ
[U+0F5C]
Tibetan
[U+0F5E]

Translingual

Letter

  1. Tibetan letter wa

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑ/, [wɑ]

Letter

(wa)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑ˥/, [wɑ˥]

Letter

(wa)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑ˩/

Noun

(wa)

  1. tub, trough
  2. crib, manger
Alternative forms

Kurtöp

Etymology

Related to Dzongkha (wa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wɐ̀]

Noun

(wa)

  1. trough

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 172
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103

Ladakhi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wə/, [wə]

Letter

(wa)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa/, [wa]

Letter

(wa)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Sikkimese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɐ/, [wɐ]

Letter

(wa)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Letter

• (wa)

  1. Tibetan letter wa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gwa; cognate to Chinese ().

Noun

• (wa)

  1. fox
Descendants
  • Wutunhua: gha