དེབ་ཐེར
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Tibetan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- དེབ་གཏེར (deb gter)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian دفتر (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “parchment”). The spelling with གཏེར (gter) is based on a folk etymology connecting it to the meaning "treasure".
Pronunciation[edit]
- Old Tibetan: /*dep.tʰer/
- Lhasa: /tʰep̚˩˨.tʰeː˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: tebv-teef
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tʰep̚˩˨.tʰeː˥˥/
Noun[edit]
དེབ་ཐེར • (deb ther)