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Where does “ལྗོངས” come from?

ལྗོངས (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kl(j)u(ŋ/k) — river; valley.

ལྗོངས (Tibetan): large valley, principal or main valley; district,...

Definitions

  1. large valley, principal or main valley; district,...

Ancestry of “ལྗོངས”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetankl(j)u(ŋ/k)river; valley

Words derived from “ལྗོངས”

  • བོད་ལྗོངས
  • རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས
  • བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས
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