ཞིམ་པོ

Ladakhi

Noun

ཞིམ་པོ (zhim po)

  1. delicious, tasty
  2. fragrant

Tibetan

Etymology

Benedict derives this from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dz(y)im. Cognate to Burmese ဆိမ့် (hcim.).[1] However, this is invalidated by cognates like Kurtöp ལེམ (lem, “to be delicious”), which indicate descent from Proto-Bodish *lim instead.

Adjective

ཞིམ་པོ • (zhim po)

  1. delicious, yummy (of sweet or nutty foods)

See also

References

  1. ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus‎[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 29
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