ཀ་བ

ཀ་བ

Tibetan

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambha, “pillar; support; prop”) (Hill, 2007). Compare Nepali खम्बा (khambā, “pillar; pole”), खामो (khāmo, “pillar; post; stake; prop”), Gujarati ખંભ (khambh, “pillar”), ખંભો (khambho, “pillar”), and Marathi खांब (khāmb, “pillar; post”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ka.ba/
• Lhasa: /kaː˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ka.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: gaa^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kaː˥˥/

Noun

ཀ་བ • (ka ba)

1. pillar, column, pole, post