ཟླ་བ

See also: ཟ་བ and ཟོ་བ

Dzongkha

Etymology

ཟླ (zla) +‎ བ (ba), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la (“moon, month”).

Noun

ཟླ་བ (zla ba)

moon

Tibetan

Etymology

ཟླ (zla) +‎ བ (ba), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la (“moon, month”). The name is often given to children born on a Monday.

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*zla.ba/
Lhasa: /ta˩˨.waˑ/
Batang: /nda˩˧.ɣɑ˥˥/
Dêgê: /da˩˧.wa˥˧/
Gyaitang: /nda˥˧.wã˩˧/
Zêkog: /rda.wa/
Bla-Brang: /hda.wa/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*zla.ba/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: da^v-wa
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˨.waˑ/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /nda˩˧.ɣɑ˥˥/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /da˩˧.wa˥˧/
- (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /nda˥˧.wã˩˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rda.wa/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hda.wa/

Noun

ཟླ་བ • (zla ba)

moon
month
ellipsis of གཟའ་ཟླ་བ (gza' zla ba, “Monday”)

Descendants

→ Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠸᠠ (dawa) / даваа (davaa)

Proper noun

ཟླ་བ • (zla ba)

a unisex given name, Dawa