ཉི་མ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nji˩.mɑ˩/

Adverb

ཉི་མ (nyima)

1. (in the) afternoon

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Tibetan

Etymology

ཉི (nyi) is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).

Noun

1. sun
2. day
3. (གཟའ་~) Sunday

Derived terms

• ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག (nyi ma log yag, “solstice”)
• ཉི་མའི་འོད་ཤུགས (nyi ma'i 'od shugs, “solar power”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 尼瑪／尼玛 (Nímǎ)
• → Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠮ᠎ᠠ (nim-a) / ням (njam)

Proper noun

1. a unisex given name: Nyima