དགེ་རྒན

Tibetan

Etymology

From དགེ (dge, “virtuous, good”) +‎ རྒན (rgan, “elder”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*dɡe.rɡan/
• Lhasa: /ke˩˨.kɛ̃˥˥/
• Dêgê: /ge˧˥.gen˥˧/
• Zêkog: /rge.rgan/
• Bla-Brang: /hger.gan/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*dɡe.rɡan/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ge^v-gaen^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ke˩˨.kɛ̃˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ge˧˥.gen˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rge.rgan/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hger.gan/

Noun

དགེ་རྒན • (dge rgan)

1. teacher; master; tutor

Descendants

• → Bonan: gergen
• → East Yugur: gergan
• → Wutunhua: ggaiggan