བཀའ་ཤག

བཀའ་ཤག

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pka(ɣ).ɕak/
• Lhasa: /ka˥˥.ɕa˥˩/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pka(ɣ).ɕak/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ga^f-xa^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ka˥˥.ɕa˥˩/

Proper noun

བཀའ་ཤག • (bka' shag)

1. (historical) Kashag (governing council of Tibet from the 18th century to the 1950s)
2. the governing council of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile

Descendants

• → Chinese: 噶廈／噶厦 (Gáxià)
• → English: Kashag