ལྕགས་རི

Sikkimese

Etymology

By surface analysis, ལྕགས (lcags, “iron”) +‎ རི (ri, “mountain”). Compare Tibetan ལྕགས་རི (lcags ri). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ལྕགས་རི (lcags ri)

  1. wall, fence

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 53

Tibetan

Etymology

ལྕགས (lcags, “iron”) + རི (ri, “mountain”)

Noun

ལྕགས་རི • (lcags ri)

  1. fence

Derived terms

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