ལྕགས

See also: ལྗགས

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɑːk̚˥/

Noun

ལྕགས (lcags)

  1. iron

Sikkimese

Chemical element
Fe

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *m-laks (“iron”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”). Compare ལྕག་རྡོ (lcag rdo, “flint”).

Noun

ལྕགས (lcags)

  1. iron
  2. (by extension) metal

Derived terms

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 52

Tibetan

Etymology

From earlier *ltjags, from *lʎjags (via fortition), from *l̥jags, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron”). Perhaps a loanword from Old Chinese 鐵 (*l̥ʰiːɡ).

Bodt rather reconstructs Proto-Bodish *m-laks.

Pronunciation

Noun

ལྕགས • (lcags)

  1. iron

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kurtöp: ཅ (ca)
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