རྒྱ་མི

See also: རྒྱམ

Tibetan

Etymology

From རྒྱ (rgya, “expanse, empire”) +‎ མི (mi, “person”), with the first part being short for རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag, “China”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*rɡʲa.mi/
Lhasa: /cə˩˧.mi˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*rɡʲa.mi/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: gyac^v-mi^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /cə˩˧.mi˥˥/

Noun

རྒྱ་མི • (rgya mi)

person of Han Chinese origin

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