བཙོང

བཙོང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsuŋ (“onion”). Compare Chinese 葱 (cōng, “onion”), from Old Chinese 葱 (OC *sʰloːŋ, “onion”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pt͡soŋ/
• Lhasa: /t͡soŋ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pt͡soŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: zong^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡soŋ˥˥/

Noun

བཙོང • (btsong)

1. onion
2. scallion

See also

• ཙོང (tsong, “onion”)