འཇའ

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-dzya (“rainbow”).

Noun

འཇའ ('ja')

1. rainbow

References

• Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 60

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-dzya (“rainbow”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ⁿd͡ʑa(ɣ)/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕa˩˨/, /t͡ɕʰa˩˨/
• Batang: /nɖ͡ʐa˥˧/
• Gyaitang: /ʐa˥˥/
• Bla-Brang: /nd͡ʑa/
• Arik: /nɖ͡ʐæ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ⁿd͡ʑa(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ja^v, qa^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕa˩˨/, /t͡ɕʰa˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /nɖ͡ʐa˥˧/
  • (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /ʐa˥˥/
• Amdo
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /nd͡ʑa/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /nɖ͡ʐæ/

Noun

འཇའ • ('ja')

1. rainbow