བསྟན་འཛིན

Tibetan

Etymology

From བསྟན (bstan, “teaching”) +‎ འཛིན ('dzin, “take hold of, adhere to”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*pstan.ⁿd͡zin/
Lhasa: /tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*pstan.ⁿd͡zin/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: daen^f-zin^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

Noun

བསྟན་འཛིན • (bstan 'dzin)

one who upholds and adheres to the doctrines

Proper noun

བསྟན་འཛིན • (bstan 'dzin)

A unisex given name: Tenzin

Descendants

→ English: Tenzin

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