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U+0F5F, ཟ
TIBETAN LETTER ZA

[U+0F5E]
Tibetan
[U+0F60]

Translingual

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Letter

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  1. Tibetan letter za

Balti

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(za)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(za)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-dz(j)a-k/n/t/s.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(za)

  1. to eat
  2. to bear fruit

Kurtöp

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sej. Cognates include Dzongkha (za, to bear fruit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(za)

  1. fruit

References

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  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 181
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

Ladakhi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(za)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(za)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-dz(j)a-k/n/t/s.

Verb

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(za)

  1. to eat

References

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  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Sikkimese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(za)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(za)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dza. Cognate with Chinese (OC *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(za) (nominal form ཟ་བ)

  1. (transitive) to eat, to have food
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(za) (nominal form ཟ་བ)

  1. (intransitive) to itch, to become itchy
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Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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(za) (nominal form ཟ་བ)

  1. (intransitive) to appear, to arise
Conjugation
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