ལྕགས
See also: ལྗགས
Dzongkha
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ལྕགས (câ)
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).
Pronunciation
Noun
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)