བྱ་གཏོར
Tibetan
Etymology
བྱ (bya, “bird”) + གཏོར (gtor, “scatter, dispose, destroy”)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*bʲa.ktor/
- Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰa˩˧.toː(ɹ)˥˩/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*bʲa.ktor/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: qav-dorh
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰa˩˧.toː(ɹ)˥˩/
Noun
བྱ་གཏོར • (bya gtor)
- sky burial, the traditional Tibetan funeral practice of excarnation
See also
- རིར་སྐྱེལ (rir skyel)