བོན
Tibetan
Etymology
From འབོད ('bod, “to call; to shout”) (Zhang, 2009). Possibly related to བོད (bod, “Tibet”) as well (Lalou, 1958).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Related terms
- བོན་པོའི་ཆོས་ལུགས (bon po'i chos lugs)
Verb
བོན • (bon) (nominal form བོན་པ) (archaic)
- to express, to mutter
- to ask (a god, sovereign)
- to give, to offer (to a god, sovereign)
- (for a god, sovereign) to receive, to obtain, to take
- (probable) to murmur, to recite (charms, prayers)
- (probable) to invoke, to summon, to call