Where does “ལྕགས་བྱ” come from?

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

ལྕགས་བྱ (Tibetan): aeroplane

Definitions

  1. aeroplane

Ancestry of “ལྕགས་བྱ”, step by step

ལྕགས་བྱ 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 ལྕགས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྕགསiron
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanhljakiron, iron instrument
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