ཁྱུང

See also: ཁང

Sikkimese

Etymology

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Noun

ཁྱུང (khyung)

  1. garuda (a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology)

References

  • Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 29

Tibetan

Pronunciation


Noun

ཁྱུང • (khyung)

  1. garuda (a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology)