སེང་གེ

Tibetan

Etymology

Borrowed from a Central Asian substrate language. Compare Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*seŋ.ɡe/
Lhasa: /seŋ˥˥.ke˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*seŋ.ɡe/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: seng^f-ge^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /seŋ˥˥.ke˥˥/

Noun

སེང་གེ • (seng ge)

lion
(astronomy) The constellation Leo

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