ཙོང

Tibetan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

ཙོང • (tsong)

onion

See also

བཙོང (btsong, “onion, scallion”)

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