གཤིས

Tibetan

Etymology

Clipping of གཤིས་ཀ (gshis ka).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kɕis/
• Lhasa: /ɕi˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kɕis/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xi^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕi˥˥/

Noun

གཤིས • (gshis)

1. nature
2. temperament, disposition
3. character, personality
4. quality

Derived terms

• གནམ་གཤིས (gnam gshis, “weather, climate”)
• གཤིས་ལུགས (gshis lugs, “tradition, natural state, original state, way of being”)
• མི་གཤིས (mi gshis, “personality, character”)