དེབ་ཐེར

Tibetan

Alternative forms

དེབ་གཏེར (deb gter)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “parchment”). The spelling with གཏེར (gter) is based on a folk etymology connecting it to the meaning "treasure".

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*dep.tʰer/
Lhasa: /tʰep̚˩˧.tʰeː˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*dep.tʰer/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: teb^v-tee^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tʰep̚˩˧.tʰeː˥˥/

Noun

དེབ་ཐེར • (deb ther)

annals, records

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