གཅོད

གཅོད

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tet ~ tjat.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kt͡ɕot/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕøː˥˩/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kt͡ɕot/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: joe^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕøː˥˩/

Verb

གཅོད • (gcod) (nominal form གཅོད་པ)

1. (transitive) to sever, to cut
2. (transitive) to undermine, to negate
3. (transitive) to demarcate, to divide

Conjugation

Conjugation of གཅོད

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	གཅོད	gcod
Future	གཅད	gcad
Past	བཅད	bcad
Imperative	ཆོད	chod

Derived terms

• གཤག་གཅོད་སྨན་པ (gshag gcod sman pa, “surgeon”)

Descendants

• → English: Chöd