ལྕགས་ལམ

Tibetan

Etymology

Calque of Mandarin 鐵路／铁路 (tiělù).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*lt͡ɕaks.lam/
Lhasa: /t͡ɕa(k̚)ˀ˥˥.lam˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*lt͡ɕaks.lam/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: jag^f-lam^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕa(k̚)ˀ˥˥.lam˥˥/

Noun

ལྕགས་ལམ • (lcags lam)

railway, railroad

Derived terms

ས་འོག་ལྕགས་ལམ (sa 'og lcags lam, “subway”)

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