དེབ་ཐེར
Tibetan
Alternative forms
- དེབ་གཏེར (deb gter)
Etymology
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".