སྲམ་ངང་མཆུ་ཅན

Tibetan

Etymology

སྲམ (sram, “otter”) +‎ ངང (ngang, “duck, goose”) +‎ མཆུ (mchu, “lip(s)”) +‎ ཅན (can, particle, “having, endowed with”, modifying the preceding word or phrase). Literally, “duck-lipped otter”.

Noun

སྲམ་ངང་མཆུ་ཅན • (sram ngang mchu can)

  1. platypus
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