Where does “རྫས་མདའ” come from?

རྫས་མདའ (Dzongkha) comes from Tibetan མདའ, from Tibetan ེའུ, from Tibetan བུ — son, child.

རྫས་མདའ (Dzongkha): rocket, missile

Definitions

  1. rocket, missile

Ancestry of “རྫས་མདའ”, step by step

རྫས་མདའ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མདའ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམདའarrow; hand; Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ
2Tibetanེའུdiminutive suffix
3Tibetanབུson, child

via Dzongkha རྫས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dzongkhaརྫསgunpowder
Every word from Tibetan བུ →Every word from Tibetan ེའུ →Every word from Tibetan མདའ →