སྲམ
Dzongkha
Etymology
From Classical Tibetan སྲམ (sram), from Proto-Bodish *sram, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ram (“otter”).
Noun
སྲམ (sram)
Derived terms
- སྲམ་ཉ (sram nya)
References
- Dzongkha-English Pocket Dictionary, 2nd edition, Thimphu, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission, 2013, →ISBN, page 1028
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Bodish *sram, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ram (“otter”). Cognate with Kurtöp ར́མ ('ram), Dzongkha སྲམ (sram).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*sram/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*sram/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zhamf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂam˥˥/
Noun
སྲམ • (sram)
Derived terms
- སྲམ་ངང་མཆུ་ཅན (sram ngang mchu can)
Descendants
- → Tangut: 𗕉 (*śjow²)