ཉི་མ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nji˩.mɑ˩/

Adverb

ཉི་མ (nyima)

(in the) afternoon

Tibetan

Etymology

ཉི (nyi) is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ȵi.ma/
Lhasa: /ȵi˩˧.mɤ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ȵi.ma/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nyi^v-mac^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ȵi˩˧.mɤ˥˥/

Noun

ཉི་མ • (nyi ma)

Derived terms

ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག (nyi ma log yag, “solstice”)
ཉི་མའི་འོད་ཤུགས (nyi ma'i 'od shugs, “solar power”)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 尼瑪／尼玛 (Nímǎ)
→ Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠮ᠎ᠠ (nim-a) / ням (njam)

Proper noun

ཉི་མ • (nyi ma)

A unisex given name: Nyima

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