མིག་ཤེལ

Tibetan

Etymology

མིག (mig, “eye”) +‎ ཤེལ (shel, “glass; mirror”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mik.ɕel/
• Lhasa: /mi˥˨.ɕeː˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mik.ɕel/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: mi^h-xee^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /mi˥˨.ɕeː˥˥/

Noun

མིག་ཤེལ • (mig shel)

1. glasses, spectacles