བཟང

Tibetan

Etymology

Cognate with Chinese 臧 (OC *ʔsaːŋ, “good”) (Coblin, 1986).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*bzaŋ/
Lhasa: /saŋ˩˧˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*bzaŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: sang^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /saŋ˩˧˨/

Adjective

བཟང • (bzang)

righteous, good
Antonym: ངན (ngan)

Derived terms

གཏམ་བཟང (gtam bzang)
བློ་བཟང (blo bzang)
བཟང་ངན (bzang ngan)

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