Where does “羌塘” come from?

羌塘 (Chinese) comes from Tibetan བྱང་ཐང, from Tibetan བྱང — north; Short for བྱང་ཐང; past of འབྱང.

羌塘 (Chinese): Changtang northern steppe of Tibet

Definitions

  1. Changtang northern steppe of Tibet

Ancestry of “羌塘”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབྱང་ཐངChangtang northern steppe of Tibet
2Tibetanབྱངnorth; Short for བྱང་ཐང; past of འབྱང
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