བསྟན་འཛིན

Tibetan

Etymology

From བསྟན (bstan, “teaching”) +‎ འཛིན ('dzin, “take hold of, adhere to”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pstan.ⁿd͡zin/
• Lhasa: /tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pstan.ⁿd͡zin/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: daen^f-zin^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

Noun

བསྟན་འཛིན • (bstan 'dzin)

1. an adherent; one who upholds and adheres to the doctrines

Proper noun

བསྟན་འཛིན • (bstan 'dzin)

1. a unisex given name: Tenzin

Descendants

• → Chinese: 丹增 (Dānzēng)
• → English: Tenzin