མེ་མདའ

Tibetan

Etymology

From མེ (me, “fire”) +‎ མདའ (mda', “arrow”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*me.mda(ɣ)/
Lhasa: /mẽ˩˧.tɑ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*me.mda(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: men^v-da^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /mẽ˩˧.tɑ˥˥/

Noun

མེ་མདའ • (me mda')

gun, firearm

Derived terms

མེ་མདའ་ཁ་རིང (me mda' kha ring, “rifle”)
མེ་མདའ་བརྒྱབ (me mda' brgyab, “to shoot”)
མེ་མདའ་སྦག་སྦག (me mda' sbag sbag, “machine gun”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.