བོད
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Dzongkha
Etymology
From Classical Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
བོད (bod)
Tibetan
Etymology
According to Bialek, originally the name of a people inhabiting modern Nyêmo County.[1] Possibly related to བོན (bon, “to express, to mutter, etc.”).[2]
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*bot/
- Lhasa: /pʰøː˩˧˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: poew
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /pʰøː˩˧˨/
Proper noun
བོད • (bod)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dzongkha: བོད (bod)
- →? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)[1]
- → Latin: Baetae
- →⇒? Middle Chinese: 發羌 (MC pjot khjang); 附國 (MC bjuH kwok)[1]
- →? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)[1]
See also
- དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joanna Bialek (2021 October) “Naming the empire: from Bod to Tibet—A philologico-historical study on the origin of the polity”, in Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, volume 61, Centre de recherche sur les civilisations d'Asie orientale, pages 339-402
- ^ Marcelle Lalou (1953) “Tibétain ancien Bod/Bon”, in Journal Asiatique, volume 241, pages 275–276