ཟླ་བ
See also: ཟ་བ and ཟོ་བ
Tibetan
Etymology
ཟླ (zla) + བ (ba), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“moon, month”). The name is often given to children born on a Monday.
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*zla.ba/
- Lhasa: /ta˩˧.wa˥˥/
- Batang: /nda˩˧ ɣɑ˥˥/
- Dêgê: /da˩˧ wa˥˧/
- Zêkog: /rda wa/
- Bla-Brang: /hda wa/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*zla.ba/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: dav-waf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ta˩˧.wa˥˥/
- Khams
- (Batang) IPA(key): /nda˩˧ ɣɑ˥˥/
- (Dêgê) IPA(key): /da˩˧ wa˥˧/
- Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA(key): /rda wa/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA(key): /hda wa/
Noun
ཟླ་བ • (zla ba)
- moon
- month
- (གཟའ་~) Monday
Descendants
- → Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠸᠠ (dawa) / даваа (davaa)
Proper noun
ཟླ་བ • (zla ba)
- A unisex given name: Dawa