རྒལ

From Proto-Bodish *(r)gal.

རྒལ (rgal)

1. To wade through, to ford; to cross a river or other small body of water on foot.
2. To cross, to travel through.

• 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 42

From Proto-Bodish *(r)gal.

Resultative of སྒྲོལ (sgrol). A relationship with Chinese 河 (OC *ɡaːl, “river”) was proposed by Coblin (1986).

རྒལ • (rgal) (nominal form རྒལ་བ)

1. (transitive) to ford (a river), to cross, to traverse, to travel through
2. (transitive) to pass, to exceed a measure