དངུལ

Dzongkha

Chemical element
Ag

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl (“silver”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋyː˥/

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

  1. silver
  2. currency, money

Adjective

དངུལ (dngul)

  1. silvery, shiny white, silver-colored

Sherpa

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

  1. silver

Sikkimese

Chemical element
Ag

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *(d)ŋul, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl.

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

  1. silver (metal)
  2. money, currency

Derived terms

  • དངུལ་རྐྱང (dngul rkyang, “change, coins”)

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 47

Tibetan

Chemical element
Ag

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl.

Pronunciation

Noun

དངུལ • (dngul)

  1. silver
  2. money

Derived terms

  • ངུལ་རྩིས (ngul rtsis, “finance”)
  • དངུལ་ཁང (dngul khang, “bank”)
  • དངུལ་ཁུག (dngul khug, “billfold”)
  • དངུལ་འཇོག (dngul 'jog, “deposit”)
  • དངུལ་ལོར (dngul lor, “paper money, note”)

References

  • “དངུལ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • “དངུལ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.
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