Where does “u” come from?

u (English) comes from Tibetan དབུས — middle, centre; Clipping of དབུས་གཙང.

u (English): The east part of Ü-Tsang, centered in Lhasa

Definitions

  1. The east part of Ü-Tsang, centered in Lhasa

Ancestry of “u”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདབུསmiddle, centre; Clipping of དབུས་གཙང
Every word from Tibetan དབུས
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