Where does “ཕྱི་གླིང་པ” come from?
ཕྱི་གླིང་པ (Dzongkha) comes from Tibetan གླིང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan gliŋ.
ཕྱི་གླིང་པ (Dzongkha): foreigner
Definitions
- foreigner
Ancestry of “ཕྱི་གླིང་པ”, step by step
ཕྱི་གླིང་པ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan གླིང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | གླིང | "dry land surrounded by water": island;... |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | gliŋ | — |
via Tibetan ཕྱི
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཕྱི | outside, exterior; rear, back part, behind;... |
via Dzongkha པ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzongkha | པ | The thirteenth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet |