འཕུར

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bjar ~ *p(i/u)r.

Verb

འཕུར (phur)

  1. to fly

References

  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bjar ~ *p(i/u)r (“to fly”). Cognate with Old Chinese 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”), 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”), 奮 (OC *pɯns, “spread wings and fly”).

Pronunciation

Verb

འཕུར • ('phur) (nominal form འཕུར་བ)

  1. to fly
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