བརྒྱུད

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བརྒྱུད (brgyud)

1. To descend, to be inherited (through generations, through families, through races, etc.)

• 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 44

བརྒྱུད • (brgyud) (nominal form བརྒྱུད་པ)

1. (transitive) to pass many stages
2. (intransitive) to pass through a place on one's way elsewhere
3. (intransitive) to be transmitted consecutively