Where does “གླུ་པ” come from?

གླུ་པ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-lwa-p — lung.

གླུ་པ (Tibetan): singer

Definitions

  1. singer

Ancestry of “གླུ་པ”, step by step

གླུ་པ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanགTibetan letter ga
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-lwa-plung

via Tibetan པ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཔa nominalization suffix
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-lwa-p →Every word from Tibetan ག →