ཇ་ཐང

Sikkimese

Etymology

By surface analysis, ཇ (ja, “tea”) +‎ ཐང (thang, “field, plains”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ཇ་ཐང (ja thang)

  1. black tea (tea without milk)

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 59
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