རྒྱ་སྐད
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Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From རྒྱ (rgya, “expanse, empire”) + སྐད (skad, “language”). The first part may be an abbreviation for either རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag, “China”) or རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar, “India”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Old Tibetan: /*rɡʲa.skat/
- Lhasa: /ɟa˩˨.kɛːˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ghyav-gae
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɟa˩˨.kɛːˑ/
Noun
[edit]རྒྱ་སྐད • (rgya skad)
Usage notes
[edit]The meaning of this term must be determined from context. It generally refers to Mandarin when used by Tibetan speakers in China and to Hindi when used by Tibetan speakers in India.