བདེན

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Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Chinese 真 (OC *ʔljin). Has also been connected to 貞 (OC *teŋ), 偵 (OC *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs) and 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs) (Schuessler, 2007). Doublet of དྲང་པོ (drang po) (Sagart, 2020b).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*bden/
Lhasa: /tẽ˩˨/
Batang: /dẽ⁵⁵/
Zêkog: /wden/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*bden/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: den^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tẽ˩˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /dẽ⁵⁵/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /wden/

Adjective

བདེན • (bden)

See བདེན་པ (bden pa, “true, real”).

References

“བདེན” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.

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