Where does “བསྟན་དར” come from?
བསྟན་དར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དར, from Mongolian торго, from Proto-Mongolic torga, from Proto-Turkic torko — silk fabric.
Ancestry of “བསྟན་དར”, step by step
བསྟན་དར traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan དར
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | དར | silk; banner or sash, especially a silken one |
| 2 | Mongolian | торго | silk; silk-like, soft and thin; fine, delicate |
| 3 | Proto-Mongolic | torga | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | torko | silk fabric |
via Tibetan བསྟན
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | བསྟན | past of སྟོན; future of སྟོན; teaching |