ནང

ནང

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“inside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ˩/

Postposition

ནང (na)

1. (suffixed to nouns) in, inside, on (locative suffix)

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Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“inside”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*naŋ/
• Lhasa: /naŋ˩˧/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*naŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: nang^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /naŋ˩˧/

Noun

ནང • (nang)

1. interior, inside
2. space, room, chamber, apartment
3. dwelling, house
4. family, household
5. heart, mind, soul
6. See ནང་པ (nang pa, “Buddhist (i.e. insider), Buddhism”).

Antonyms

• (inside): ཕྱི (phyi, “outside”)

Derived terms

• ནང་ཁྲོམ (nang khrom)
• ནང་ཁྲོལ (nang khrol)
• ནང་ཆ (nang cha)
• ནང་དོན (nang don)
• ནང་པ (nang pa)
• ནང་བཞིན (nang bzhin)
• ནང་བསྟན (nang bstan)
• ནང་མ (nang ma)
• ནང་མི (nang mi)
• ནང་ལོགས (nang logs)
• ནང་སོག (nang sog)
• ནང་སྲིད (nang srid)