མིང

མིང

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meŋ˩/

Noun

མིང (meng)

1. name, title

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Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ.

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

“name”

Plain	མིང (ming)
Honorific	མཚན (mtshan)

མིང • (ming)

1. name, designation
2. word, term

Derived terms

• གཅེས་མིང (gces ming, “endearing nickname”)
• མིང་ཚབ (ming tshab, “pronoun”)
• མིང་ཚིག (ming tshig, “noun”)
• མིང་འདོགས (ming 'dogs, “pejorative nickname”)
• མིང་རྫུས་མ (ming rdzus ma, “pseudonym”)