Where does “དར་ཡབ” come from?

དར་ཡབ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དར, from Mongolian торго, from Proto-Mongolic torga, from Proto-Turkic torko — silk fabric.

དར་ཡབ (Tibetan): silk fan

Definitions

  1. silk fan

Ancestry of “དར་ཡབ”, step by step

དར་ཡབ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དར

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདརsilk; banner or sash, especially a silken one
2Mongolianторгоsilk; silk-like, soft and thin; fine, delicate
3Proto-Mongolictorga—
4Proto-Turkictorkosilk fabric

via Tibetan ཡབ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཡབstirrup
Every word from Proto-Turkic torko →Every word from Proto-Mongolic torga →Every word from Mongolian торго →
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