Where does “gergan” come from?

gergan (East Yugur) comes from Tibetan དགེ་རྒན, from Tibetan དགེ — virtuous, good, excellent, pure, wholesome.

gergan (East Yugur): teacher

Definitions

  1. teacher

Ancestry of “gergan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདགེ་རྒནteacher, master, tutor
2Tibetanདགེvirtuous, good, excellent, pure, wholesome
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