རྒྱ་མི
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See also: རྒྱམ
Tibetan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From རྒྱ (rgya, “expanse, empire”) + མི (mi, “person”), with the first part being short for རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag, “China”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Old Tibetan: /*rɡʲa.mi/
- Lhasa: /ɟa˩˨.miˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ghyav-mi
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɟa˩˨.miˑ/
Noun[edit]
རྒྱ་མི • (rgya mi)
- person of Han Chinese origin