སྐད་ཡིག
Tibetan
Etymology
སྐད (skad) + ཡིག (yig). Compare Chinese 語文.
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*skat.jik/
- Lhasa: /kɛː˥˩.ji(k̚)ˀ˩˧˨/, / kɛː˥˥.ji(k̚)ˀ˥˩/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*skat.jik/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gaeh-yigw, gaef-yigh
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kɛː˥˩.ji(k̚)ˀ˩˧˨/, / kɛː˥˥.ji(k̚)ˀ˥˩/
Noun
སྐད་ཡིག • (skad yig)
- language (spoken and written)
- Chinese language (as a school subject)
See also
- སྐད་རིགས (skad rigs)
References
- “སྐད་ཡིག” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.