ནང

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“inside”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɑ˩/

Postposition

ནང (nang)

(suffixed to nouns) in, inside, on (locative suffix)

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“inside”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*naŋ/
Lhasa: /naŋ˩˨/
Batang: /nõ˩˧/
Dêgê: /nɑŋ˩˧/
Zêkog: /naŋ/
Bla-Brang: /naŋ/
Arik: /naŋ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*naŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nang^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /naŋ˩˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /nõ˩˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /nɑŋ˩˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /naŋ/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /naŋ/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /naŋ/

Noun

ནང • (nang)

interior, inside
space, room, chamber, apartment
dwelling, house
family, household
heart, mind, soul
See ནང་པ (nang pa, “Buddhist (i.e. insider), Buddhism”).

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “inside”): ཕྱི (phyi, “outside”)

Derived terms

ནང་ཁྲོམ (nang khrom)
ནང་ཁྲོལ (nang khrol)
ནང་ཆ (nang cha)
ནང་བསྟན (nang bstan)
ནང་དོན (nang don)
ནང་པ (nang pa)
ནང་མ (nang ma)
ནང་མི (nang mi)
ནང་བཞིན (nang bzhin)
ནང་ལོགས (nang logs)
ནང་སོག (nang sog)
ནང་སྲིད (nang srid)

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