ལྗོངས

See also: ལིངས

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river; gorge”).

Noun

ལྗོངས (ljongs)

  1. cultivated valley
  2. province

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 61

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river; gorge”). Related to ཀླུང (klung, “river, stream, valley”), ལུང་པ (lung pa, “valley, district, homeland”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ལྗོངས • (ljongs)

  1. large valley, principal or main valley
  2. district, province, region, country

Derived terms

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