འཆད

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tet ~ tjat. Resultative of གཅོད (gcod).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ⁿt͡ɕʰat/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰɛː˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ⁿt͡ɕʰat/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: qae^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɛː˥˨/

Verb

འཆད • ('chad) (nominal form འཆད་པ)

1. (intransitive) to break into pieces, to separate into many sections
2. (intransitive) to be interrupted, to be broken, to be cut off
3. (intransitive) to degenerate, to decay, to cease to exist
4. (intransitive) to be omitted, to be discarded
5. (intransitive) to be incomplete, to be missing

Conjugation

Conjugation of འཆད

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	འཆད	'chad
Future	ཆད འཆད	chad 'chad
Past	ཆད	chad
Imperative	ཆད	chad

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-tsyat (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ⁿt͡ɕʰat/
• Lhasa: /ɕɛː˥˨/, /t͡ɕʰɛː˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ⁿt͡ɕʰat/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xae^h, qae^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕɛː˥˨/, /t͡ɕʰɛː˥˨/

Verb

འཆད • ('chad) (nominal form འཆད་པ)

1. (transitive) to explain verbally
2. (transitive) to say, to speak, to tell

Conjugation

Conjugation of འཆད

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	འཆད ཤོད	'chad shod
Future	བཤད	bshad
Past	བཤད	bshad
Imperative	ཤོད	shod