ནང

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“inside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ˩/

Postposition

ནང (na)

1. (suffixed to nouns) in, inside, on (locative suffix)

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Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“inside”).

Noun

1. interior, inside
2. space, room, chamber, apartment
3. dwelling, house
4. family, household
5. heart, mind, soul
6. See ནང་པ (nang pa, “Buddhist (i.e. insider), Buddhism”).

Antonyms

• (inside): ཕྱི (phyi, “outside”)

Derived terms

• ནང་ཁྲོམ (nang khrom)
• ནང་ཁྲོལ (nang khrol)
• ནང་ཆ (nang cha)
• ནང་བསྟན (nang bstan)
• ནང་དོན (nang don)
• ནང་པ (nang pa)
• ནང་མ (nang ma)
• ནང་མི (nang mi)
• ནང་བཞིན (nang bzhin)
• ནང་ལོགས (nang logs)
• ནང་སོག (nang sog)
• ནང་སྲིད (nang srid)