Where does “དགའ་ཉེ” come from?

དགའ་ཉེ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཉ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ŋja — fish; tusk; tooth.

དགའ་ཉེ (Tibetan): close friend

Definitions

  1. close friend

Ancestry of “དགའ་ཉེ”, step by step

དགའ་ཉེ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanfish
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ŋjafish; tusk; tooth

via Tibetan དགའ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདགའto rejoice in; to be glad; to be happy
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