ས་ཡོམ

Tibetan

Etymology

(sa, earth, soil) +‎ ཡོམ (yom, to quiver, shake, be unsteady)

Pronunciation


Noun

ས་ཡོམ • (sa yom)

  1. earthquake
    • 2025 January 7, Kunleng News[1], Voice of America Tibetan:
      ས་ཡོམ་གྱི་གོད་ཆག་ལ་ཐུགས་གསོའི་གསུང་འཕྲིན
      sa yom gyi god chag la thugs gso'i gsung 'phrin
      A message of condolence to the victims of the earthquake.

Synonyms

References

  • ས་ཡོམ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • Goldstein, Melvyn; Narkyid, Ngawangthondup (1984). English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan, page 133. University of California Press.