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Where does “mdzo-po” come from?

mdzo-po (Classical Tibetan) comes from Classical Tibetan mdzo — cow and yak hybrid.

Ancestry of “mdzo-po”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Tibetanmdzocow and yak hybrid

Words derived from “mdzo-po”

  • zebu
  • zebuine
  • zébu
  • zebu
  • ゼブ
  • dzo-po
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