Where does “Tenzin” come from?

Tenzin (English) comes from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན, from Tibetan འཛིན, from Tibetan ཟིན — to be finished; to draw near an end.

Ancestry of “Tenzin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབསྟན་འཛིནone who upholds and adheres to the doctrines
2Tibetanའཛིནto take hold of, to seize, to grasp; written...
3Tibetanཟིནto be finished; to draw near an end
Every word from Tibetan ཟིན →Every word from Tibetan འཛིན →Every word from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན →