རྩེ
Tibetan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsjaːj (“to play”). Related to རྩེན (rtsen, “to take delight in games; to enjoy”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*rt͡se/
- Lhasa: /t͡se˥˥/
- Batang: /t͡se˥˥/
- Bla-Brang: /ht͡se/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*rt͡se/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zef
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /t͡se˥˥/
- Khams
- (Batang) IPA(key): /t͡se˥˥/
- Amdo
- (Bla-Brang) IPA(key): /ht͡se/
Verb
རྩེ • (rtse) (nominal form རྩེ་བ)
Conjugation
| present | རྩེ (rtse) རྩེད (rtsed) |
|---|---|
| future | རྩེ (rtse) རྩེད (rtsed) བརྩེ (brtse) |
| past | རྩེས (rtses) བརྩེས (brtses) |
| imperative | རྩེས (rtses) རྩེད (rtsed) |
Derived terms
- རྩེ་གྲོགས (rtse grogs)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsej (“summit; crest; cockscomb”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*rt͡se/
- Lhasa: /t͡se˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*rt͡se/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zef
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /t͡se˥˥/
Noun
རྩེ • (rtse)
- peak, top, summit
- point (a particular point)
- (figurative) government; Potala Palace
Derived terms
- ལྕེ་རྩེ (lce rtse)
- རྩེ་མོ (rtse mo)