ཐལ་བ

Tibetan

Alternative forms

ཐ་ལ (tha la)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tal. Cognate with Chinese 炭 (tàn, “charcoal, coal”) and 碳 (tàn, “carbon”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*tʰal.ba/
Lhasa: /tʰa˥˥.la˥˥/, /tʰɛː˥˥.la˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*tʰal.ba/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ta^f-la^f, tae^f-la^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tʰa˥˥.la˥˥/, /tʰɛː˥˥.la˥˥/

Noun

ཐལ་བ • (thal ba)

dust, dirt, ashes
powder, particles

See also

རྡུལ (rdul)

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