ལྕགས

ལྕགས

See also: ལྗགས

Tibetan

Etymology

From earlier *ltjags, from *lʎjags (via fortition), from *l̥jags, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”). Perhaps a loanword from Old Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*lt͡ɕaks/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕa˥˩/
• Batang: /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
• Dêgê: /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
• Zêkog: /rt͡ɕak/
• Bla-Brang: /ht͡ɕak/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*lt͡ɕaks/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: ja^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕa˥˩/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑʔ˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rt͡ɕak/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ht͡ɕak/

Noun

ལྕགས • (lcags)

1. iron

Derived terms

• གནམ་ལྕགས (gnam lcags)
• སྒོ་ལྕགས (sgo lcags)
• ལྕགས་མདའ (lcags mda')
• ལྕགས་སྐུད (lcags skud)
• ལྕགས་རིགས (lcags rigs)
• ལྕགས་ཊིན (lcags ṭin)
• རྟིང་ལྕགས (rting lcags)
• རྨིག་ལྕགས (rmig lcags)
• སྲབ་ལྕགས (srab lcags)
• ལྕགས་རི (lcags ri, “fence”)
• ལྕགས་ཀྱུ (lcags kyu, “hook”)
• ངར་ལྕགས (ngar lcags, “steel”)
• འདེགས་ལྕགས ('degs lcags, “jack”)
• ལྕགས་ལེབ (lcags leb)