རྟ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan རྟ (rta), from Proto-Bodish *(r)ta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑ˥/

Noun

རྟ (rta)

horse

Derived terms

སྐེ་རིང་རྟ (ske ring rta)

References

Dzongkha-English Pocket Dictionary, 2nd edition, Thimphu, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission, 2013, →ISBN, page 327

Ladakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

རྟ (rta)

horse

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

རྟ (rta) (Devanagari spelling र्त)

horse

References

Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Katkandu 2009

Tibetan

“horse”
Plain	རྟ (rta)
Honorific	ཆིབས (chibs)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *(r)ta.

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*rta/
Lhasa: /ta˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*rta/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: da^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˥˥/

Noun

རྟ • (rta)

horse
melody (for words)

Synonyms

རྨང (rmang) (archaic)

Derived terms

རྟ་སྒྲོ (rta sgro, “saddlebag”)
རྟ་ལྕག (rta lcag, “whip”)
རྟ་ཁེབས (rta khebs, “horse blanket”)

References

“རྟ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
“རྟ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.