ཉི་མ

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Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ཉི་མ (nyi ma)

  1. (in the) afternoon

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj.

Noun

ཉི་མ (nyi ma) (Devanagari spelling ञि म)

  1. sun
  2. day

Proper noun

ཉི་མ (nyi ma) (Devanagari spelling ञि म)

  1. a unisex given name: Nyima

References

  • Nicolas Tournadre, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Gyurme Chodrak, Guillaume Oisel (2009) “ཉི་མ”, in Sherpa-English and English Sherpa Dictionary , Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, →ISBN, page 84

Tibetan

Etymology

ཉི (nyi) is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ཉི་མ • (nyi ma)

  1. sun
  2. day
  3. Ellipsis of གཟའ་ཉི་མ (gza' nyi ma, “Sunday”).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 尼瑪／尼玛 (Nímǎ)
  • → Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠮ᠎ᠠ (nim-a) / ням (njam)

Proper noun

ཉི་མ • (nyi ma)

  1. Nyima (a county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
  2. a unisex given name: Nyima
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