ཞལ

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɕɛː˩/

Noun

ཞལ (zhal)

(formal) face
(formal) mouth

Synonyms

(face): གདོང (gdong) (informal)
(mouth): ཁ (kha) (informal)

Tibetan

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ʑal/
Lhasa: /ɕɛː˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ʑal/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: xae^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕɛː˩˨/

Noun

“mouth”
Plain	ཁ (kha)
Honorific	ཞལ (zhal)

ཞལ • (zhal)

(honorific) mouth
(honorific) face

Derived terms

ཞལ་ཅོར (zhal cor, “towel”)