ཨེམ་ཆི

Tibetan

Alternative forms

  • ཨེམ་རྗེ (em rje)
  • ཨམ་ཆི (am chi)

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠡᠮᠴᠢ (emči, “doctor”); compare Modern Khalkha Mongolian эмч (emč).

Pronunciation

  • Lhasa: /ʔem˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/, /ʔəm˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/

Noun

ཨེམ་ཆི • (em chi)

  1. (medical) doctor
    Synonym: སྨན་པ (sman pa)
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