Where does “བྱ་རྒོད” come from?

བྱ་རྒོད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan བྱ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b(j/r)a — bird.

བྱ་རྒོད (Tibetan): vulture

Definitions

  1. vulture

Ancestry of “བྱ་རྒོད”, step by step

བྱ་རྒོད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan བྱ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབྱbird; placed after certain verbs to produce...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*b(j/r)abird

via Tibetan རྒོད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརྒོདvulture
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