རྒ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (“old”). Cognate with Chinese 古 (OC *kaːʔ, “ancient”), 故 (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*rɡa/
Lhasa: /kɛː˩˧˨/
Batang: /gɛ˥˥/
Zêkog: /rgi/
Bla-Brang: /ge/
Arik: /rgi/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*rɡa/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gae^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kɛː˩˧˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /gɛ˥˥/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rgi/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ge/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /rgi/

Adjective

རྒ • (rga)

old; aged; elderly

Derived terms

རྒ་བ (rga ba)

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