ལྕགས

See also: ལྗགས

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːk̚˥/

Noun

ལྕགས (câ)

1. iron

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Tibetan

Etymology

From earlier *ltjags, from *lʎjags (via fortition), from *l̥jags, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”). Perhaps a loanword from Old Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ).

Noun

1. iron

Derived terms

• གནམ་ལྕགས (gnam lcags)
• སྒོ་ལྕགས (sgo lcags)
• ལྕགས་མདའ (lcags mda')
• ལྕགས་སྐུད (lcags skud)
• ལྕགས་རིགས (lcags rigs)
• ལྕགས་ཊིན (lcags ṭin)
• རྟིང་ལྕགས (rting lcags)
• རྨིག་ལྕགས (rmig lcags)
• སྲབ་ལྕགས (srab lcags)
• ལྕགས་རི (lcags ri, “fence”)
• ལྕགས་ཀྱུ (lcags kyu, “hook”)
• ངར་ལྕགས (ngar lcags, “steel”)
• འདེགས་ལྕགས ('degs lcags, “jack”)
• ལྕགས་ལེབ (lcags leb)