འབྲས་བུ
Tibetan
Etymology
Compound of འབྲས ('bras, “rice, fruit”) + བུ (bu, “child, son”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ᵐbras.bu/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂɛː˩˨.pu˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ᵐbras.bu/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zhaev-buf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂɛː˩˨.pu˥˥/
Noun
འབྲས་བུ • ('bras bu)
- fruit
- (figuratively) effect, result, consequence
Derived terms
- མིག་འབྲས (mig 'bras, “eyeball”)
- འབྲས་བུ་སྐྱེ ('bras bu skye, “bear fruit”)