ངར་ཅན

Sikkimese

Etymology

By surface analysis, ངར (ngar, “to roar”) +‎ ཅན (can, “able”).

Adjective

ངར་ཅན (ngar can)

  1. vociferous
  2. riotous
  3. successful
  4. strong, vigorous

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 45
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