དེབ་ཐེར

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Tibetan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian دفتر (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, parchment). The spelling with གཏེར (gter) is based on a folk etymology connecting it to the meaning "treasure".

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Noun

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དེབ་ཐེར (deb ther)

  1. annals, records