Lhasa apso

Lhasa apso

English

A Lhasa apso

Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”).

Noun

Lhasa apso (plural Lhasa apsos)

1. A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

Translations

dog

Estonian: lhasa apso

Finnish: lhasa apso, apso French: Lhassa apso (fr) Swedish: lhasa apso (sv)

Further reading

• Lhasa apso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia