གཞུང

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“navel, centre”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʑuŋ˩/

Noun

གཞུང (zhung)

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ. Cognate with 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “centre, middle”).

Pronunciation 1

Old Tibetan: /*gʑuŋ/
Lhasa: /ɕuŋ˩˧/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*gʑuŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: xung^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕuŋ˩˧/

Noun

གཞུང • (gzhung)

centre, core, middle
(main) text, scripture, literature

Pronunciation 2

Old Tibetan: /*gʑuŋ/
Lhasa: /ɕuŋ˩˧˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*gʑuŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: xung^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕuŋ˩˧˨/

Noun

གཞུང • (gzhung)

government, the state

Derived terms

གཞུང་ལམ (gzhung lam)

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