Where does “བོད་ལྗོངས” come from?
བོད་ལྗོངས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan བོད, from Sanskrit भोटान्त — Bhutan.
བོད་ལྗོངས (Tibetan): Tibet, especially the central regions of Tibet
Definitions
- Tibet, especially the central regions of Tibet
Ancestry of “བོད་ལྗོངས”, step by step
བོད་ལྗོངས traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ལྗོངས
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ལྗོངས | large valley, principal or main valley; district,... |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | kl(j)u(ŋ/k) | river; valley |