སྦྱིན

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *Pi(k) (“to give”). Cognate with Chinese 畀 (OC *pids, “to give”), 賓 (OC *mpin, “gift; to present a gift”), and Burmese ပေး (pe:).

སྦྱིན • (sbyin) (nominal form སྦྱིན་པ)

1. (transitive) to give, to bestow, to contribute, to offer, to make a present of
2. (transitive) to add, to supplement, to sum up
3. (transitive) to feed, to give to eat

• སྦྱིན་བདག (sbyin bdag, “almsgiver”)