Where does “བྱ་གཏོར” come from?
བྱ་གཏོར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan བྱ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b(j/r)a — bird.
བྱ་གཏོར (Tibetan): sky burial, the traditional Tibetan funeral practice of excarnation
Definitions
- sky burial, the traditional Tibetan funeral practice of excarnation
Ancestry of “བྱ་གཏོར”, step by step
བྱ་གཏོར traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan བྱ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | བྱ | bird; placed after certain verbs to produce... |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *b(j/r)a | bird |
via Tibetan གཏོར
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | གཏོར | scatter, disperse, spread |