བཀའ

Tibetan

Etymology

Related to ཁ (kha, “mouth; word”) and སྐད (skad, “language; speech”) (Zhang, 2009), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (“mouth; opening”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*pka(ɣ)/
Lhasa: /kɑ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*pka(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ga^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kɑ˥˥/

Noun

“language, speech”
Plain	སྐད (skad)
Honorific	བཀའ (bka')

བཀའ • (bka')

precept, word, order, command
instruction, teaching, advice
Buddha's words, canonical scriptures
Abbreviation of བཀའ་བརྒྱུད (bka' brgyud, “Kagyu”).
Abbreviation of བཀའ་མ (bka' ma, “oral tradition”).

Derived terms

བཀའ་བསྒོ (bka' bsgo)

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