བཙོང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsuŋ (“onion”). Compare Chinese 葱 (cōng, “onion”), from Old Chinese 葱 (OC *sʰloːŋ, “onion”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*pt͡soŋ/
Lhasa: /t͡soŋ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*pt͡soŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: zong^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡soŋ˥˥/

Noun

བཙོང • (btsong)

See also

ཙོང (tsong, “onion”)

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