མེ་འཁོར

མེ་འཁོར

Tibetan

Etymology

མེ (me, “fire”) +‎ འཁོར ('khor, “vehicle”); calque of Chinese 火車 (literally “fire-vehicle”).

Pronunciation

• Lhasa: /me˩˧.ˀkʰoː˥˥/

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• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: me^v-koo^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /me˩˧.ˀkʰoː˥˥/

Noun

མེ་འཁོར • (me 'khor)

1. train