མགྲོན་ཁང

Tibetan

Etymology

མགྲོན (mgron, “guest; feast, banquet”) +‎ ཁང (khang, “house, building”). Compare Chinese 賓館 (literally “guest house/building; hotel”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*mɡron.kʰaŋ/
Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂø̃˩˧ kʰaŋ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*mɡron.kʰaŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: zhoen^v kang^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂø̃˩˧ kʰaŋ˥˥/

Noun

མགྲོན་ཁང • (mgron khang)

hotel, guesthouse

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