Where does “མར” come from?

མར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

མར (Tibetan): butter; oil; below, downward

Definitions

  1. butter; oil; below, downward

Ancestry of “མར”, step by step

མར traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Tibetan ར

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརgoat
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-gaold

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-mar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetans-margold; yellow; butter; oil

Words derived from “མར”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →