མདའ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*mda(ɣ)/
Lhasa: /ta˩˧/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*mda(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: da^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˧/

Noun

མདའ • (mda')

arrow
hand (of clock)
Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ (me mda', “firearm”).

Derived terms

གློག་མདའ (glog mda', “flare gun”)
ཕུ་མདའ (phu mda', “air pump”)
མདའ་གཞུ (mda' gzhu, “bow and arrow”)
མདའ་བརྒྱབ (mda' brgyab, “to shoot an arrow”)
མེ་མདའ (me mda', “gun”)
རིང་མདའ (ring mda', “rifle”)
ལག་མདའ (lag mda', “handgun”)
སྐར་མདའ (skar mda', “shooting star”)

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