རྒིལ་འག་སྨེ་ཡེར
Dzongkha
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Old Chinese 銀河 (ŋrɯn.ɡaːl, “Milky Way (lit. silver river)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kil˩.kɑ˩.me˥.jer˩/
- Old Tibetan: /*rɡil.ɣak.zme.jer/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*rɡil.ɣak.zme.jer/ (reconstructed)
Noun
རྒིལ་འག་སྨེ་ཡེར (gilga-meyer)
- the Milky Way galaxy
Synonyms
- སྐར་ཚོགས (skar tshogs)