བདེ་བ

See also: བོད་པ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-de. Cognate with Chinese 禔 (OC *deː, *tje, *dje), 提 (OC *deː, *dje).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bde.ba/
• Lhasa: /te˩˨.wa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bde.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: de^v-wa^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /te˩˨.wa˥˥/

Noun

བདེ་བ • (bde ba)

1. happiness, bliss, joy