རྟ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

རྟ (rta)

1. horse

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Ladakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

རྟ (rta)

1. horse

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Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

རྟ (ta)

1. horse

References

• Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Katkandu 2009

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Tibetan

“horse”

Plain	རྟ (rta)
Honorific	ཆིབས (chibs)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

1. horse
2. melody (for words)

Derived terms

• རྟ་སྒྲོ (rta sgro, “saddlebag”)
• རྟ་ལྕག (rta lcag, “whip”)
• རྟ་ཁེབས (rta khebs, “horse blanket”)