Where does “དྲི་མ” come from?

དྲི་མ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

དྲི་མ (Tibetan): aroma, odor, scent

Definitions

  1. aroma, odor, scent

Ancestry of “དྲི་མ”, step by step

དྲི་མ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Tibetan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetannow, presently, nowadays; it is true, to be sure,...
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