གནམ

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-nam.

Noun

གནམ (nām)

1. sky

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-nam.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*gnam/
• Lhasa: /nam˥˥/
• Bla-Brang: /hnam/
• Arik: /ɣnam/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*gnam/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: nam^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nam˥˥/
• Amdo
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hnam/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /ɣnam/

Noun

གནམ • (gnam)

1. sky
2. air, weather

Derived terms

• གནམ་ལྕགས (gnam lcags)
• གནམ་གྲུ (gnam gru)