རྒྱ་ནག

Sikkimese

Etymology

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Proper noun

རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag)

  1. China (a country in Asia)

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 42

Tibetan

Etymology

རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; country, empire”) +‎ ནག (nag, “black”), literally "the black expanse; the black empire".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

རྒྱ་ནག • (rgya nag)

  1. China; in particular, regions populated by Han Chinese
    Synonym: ཀྲུང་གོ (krung go)

References

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