གླིང

See also: གླང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gliŋ. Cognate with Burmese ကြည်း (krany:, “dry land, ground”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*gliŋ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*gliŋ/ (reconstructed)

Noun

གླིང • (gling)

1. dry land surrounded by water: island; continent
2. piece, fragment
3. large monastery

Derived terms

• ཤར་གླིང (shar gling, “Asia”)
• ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང (yo rob gling, “Europe”)