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Where does “གནམ་གྲུ” come from?

གནམ་གྲུ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གནམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-nam — sky, sun.

གནམ་གྲུ (Tibetan): aeroplane, airplane, plane

Definitions

  1. aeroplane, airplane, plane

Ancestry of “གནམ་གྲུ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགནམsky; air, weather
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-namsky, sun
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