Where does “པག་ཤི” come from?

པག་ཤི (Tibetan) comes from Mongolian багш, from Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ, from Middle Chinese 博士 — {{l|en|court academician}}; master; person with a...

པག་ཤི (Tibetan): teacher

Definitions

  1. teacher

Ancestry of “པག་ཤི”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianбагшteacher
2Mongolianᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢmaster, trainer, teacher
3Middle Chinese博士{{l|en|court academician}}; master; person with a...
Every word from Middle Chinese 博士 →Every word from Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ →Every word from Mongolian багш →