ལྕགས

See also: ལྗགས

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːk̚˥/

Noun

ལྕགས (lcags)

iron

Tibetan

Etymology

From earlier *ltjags, from *lʎjags (via fortition), from *l̥jags, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”). Perhaps a loanword from Old Chinese 鐵 (*l̥ʰiːɡ).

Bodt rather reconstructs Proto-Bodish *m-laks.

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*lt͡ɕaks/
Lhasa: /t͡ɕa˥˨/
Batang: /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
Dêgê: /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
Gyaitang: /ʈ͡ʂa˥˧/
Zêkog: /rt͡ɕak/
Bla-Brang: /ht͡ɕak/
Arik: /rt͡ɕak/
Mdung-Nag: /ʰʈ͡ʂɐk/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*lt͡ɕaks/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ja^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕa˥˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
- (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rt͡ɕak/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ht͡ɕak/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /rt͡ɕak/
- (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /ʰʈ͡ʂɐk/

Noun

ལྕགས • (lcags)

iron

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Kurtöp: ཅ (ca)