མདའ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑ˩/

Noun

མདའ (mda')

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Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da.

Noun

མདའ (mda')

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References

Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*mda(ɣ)/
Lhasa: /ta˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*mda(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: da^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˨/

Noun

མདའ • (mda')

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hand (of clock)
Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ (me mda', “firearm”).

Derived terms

གློག་མདའ (glog mda', “flare gun”)
ཕུ་མདའ (phu mda', “air pump”)
མདའ་གཞུ (mda' gzhu, “bow and arrow”)
མདའ་བརྒྱབ (mda' brgyab, “to shoot an arrow”)
མེ་མདའ (me mda', “gun”)
རིང་མདའ (ring mda', “rifle”)
ལག་མདའ (lag mda', “handgun”)
སྐར་མདའ (skar mda', “shooting star”)

Zangskari

Noun

མདའ (mda')

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References

Zanskari - English dictionary - Karsha au Zanskar

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