ལྷ

See also: ལ, ལི, ལོ, ལྔ, and ལྕེ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-hla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɬɑ˥/

Noun

ལྷ (lha)

deity, god

Derived terms

ལྷ་མོ (lha mo, “goddess”)

Sherpa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̪̥a/, [l̪̥a]

Letter

ལྷ (lha)

The thirtieth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-hla.

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*l̥a/
Lhasa: /ɬa˥˥/
Batang: /ɬa˥˧/
Dêgê: /ɬa˥˧/
Zêkog: /ɬa/
Bla-Brang: /ɬa/
Arik: /ɬæ/
Mdung-Nag: /ɬɐ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*l̥a/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lha^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˥/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /ɬa/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ɬa/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /ɬæ/
- (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /ɬɐ/

Noun

ལྷ • (lha)

god, deity

Derived terms

ལྷ་ཁང (lha khang, “temple”)

Descendants

→ Wutunhua: lha

See also

ལྷ་ས (lha sa)