Where does “ཐམ་ཀ” come from?
ཐམ་ཀ (Tibetan) comes from Uyghur تامغا, from Chagatai تمغا, from Classical Persian تَمْغَا.
ཐམ་ཀ (Tibetan): stamp, seal
Ancestry of “ཐམ་ཀ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Uyghur | تامغا | — |
| 2 | Chagatai | تمغا | stamp, pressed mark |
| 3 | Classical Persian | تَمْغَا | — |