གངས

Tibetan

Etymology

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Noun

1. snow
2. glacier, glacier ice

Synonyms

• ཁ་བ (kha ba)

Derived terms

• གངས་ཆུ (gangs chu, “meltwater”)
• གངས་ཆེན (gangs chen, “glacier”)
• གངས་དཀར (gangs dkar)
• གངས་ར (gangs ra)
• གངས་རི (gangs ri, “glacier”)
• གངས་ཕྱིད (gangs phyid, “frostbite”)
• གངས་རུད (gangs rud, “avalanche”)
• གངས་འུར (gangs 'ur, “snowstorm”)
• གངས་ལྷམ (gangs lham, “snowshoe”)
• གངས་ཤུར་མོ་ཊ (gangs shur mo ṭa, “snowmobile”)
• གངས་བཏང (gangs btang, “to snow”)