ལྷ་ས

Tibetan

Etymology

Attested in Old Tibetan literature as ར་ས (ra sa), which may be interpreted as a compound between ར (ra, “goat”) or ར (ra, “enclosure”) and ས (sa, “place, location”), i.e. literally "goat's place" or "fortified city". The ra in Old Tibetan irregularly developed into lha in the modern form, possibly by association with ལྷ (lha, “god, deity”), i.e. literally "place of gods" or "Holy Land".

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*l̥a.sa/
Lhasa: /ɬɛː˥˥.sɑ˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*l̥a.sa/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lhae^f-sa^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɬɛː˥˥.sɑ˥˥/

Proper noun

ལྷ་ས • (lha sa)

Lhasa

Derived terms

ལྷ་ས་བ (lha sa ba)

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