"བོད" meaning in Tibetan

See བོད in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /*bot/, /pʰøː˩˧˨/ [Lhasa] Forms: bod [romanization]
Etymology: According to Bialek, originally the name of a people inhabiting modern Nyêmo County. Possibly related to བོན (bon, “to express, to mutter, etc.”). Head templates: {{head|bo|proper noun}} བོད • (bod)
  1. Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
    Sense id: en-བོད-bo-name-jbT~XO7r Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
  2. Tibet (an autonomous region of China) Categories (place): Places in China
    Sense id: en-བོད-bo-name-2KvsLfYF Categories (other): Provinces and autonomous regions of China, Tibet, China, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tibetan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 33 21 6 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 39 15 4 39 Disambiguation of Tibetan entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang)
Derived forms: བོད་སྐད (bod skad), བོད་ཆས (bod chas), བོད་ཆེན་པོ (bod chen po), བོད་ཇ (bod ja), བོད་ལྗོངས (bod ljongs), བོད་པ (bod pa), བོད་སྨན (bod sman), བོད་ཡིག (bod yig), བོད་ཡུལ (bod yul), བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས (bod rang skyong ljongs), བོད་རིགས (english: bod rigs)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod skad",
      "word": "བོད་སྐད"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod chas",
      "word": "བོད་ཆས"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod chen po",
      "word": "བོད་ཆེན་པོ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod ja",
      "word": "བོད་ཇ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod ljongs",
      "word": "བོད་ལྗོངས"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod pa",
      "word": "བོད་པ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod sman",
      "word": "བོད་སྨན"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod yig",
      "word": "བོད་ཡིག"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod yul",
      "word": "བོད་ཡུལ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bod rang skyong ljongs",
      "word": "བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bod rigs",
      "word": "བོད་རིགས"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dz",
            "2": "བོད"
          },
          "expansion": "Dzongkha: བོད (bod)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dzongkha: བོད (bod)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "Βαι̃ται",
            "3": "Βα̃ται",
            "4": "Βαεται",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Baetae",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Baetae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Baetae"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltc",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒? Middle Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "發羌",
            "id": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "發羌 (MC pjot khjang)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "附國"
          },
          "expansion": "附國 (MC bjuH kwok)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒? Middle Chinese: 發羌 (MC pjot khjang); 附國 (MC bjuH kwok)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "*𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝",
            "3": "*𑀪𑁄𑀝",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "ভোট"
          },
          "expansion": "Assamese: ভোট (bhüt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Assamese: ভোট (bhüt)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ভোট"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: ভোট (bhōṭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: ভোট (bhōṭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "भोट"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "भोट"
          },
          "expansion": "Nepali: भोट (bhoṭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nepali: भोट (bhoṭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଭୋଟ"
          },
          "expansion": "Odia: ଭୋଟ (bhoṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Odia: ଭୋଟ (bhoṭa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "भौट्ट",
            "3": "भोट",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sanskrit: भौट्ट (bhauṭṭa), भोट (bhoṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sanskrit: भौट्ट (bhauṭṭa), भोट (bhoṭa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Bialek, originally the name of a people inhabiting modern Nyêmo County. Possibly related to བོན (bon, “to express, to mutter, etc.”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bod",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "བོད • (bod)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dbus gtsang",
      "word": "དབུས་གཙང"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
          "orig": "bo:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)"
      ],
      "id": "en-བོད-bo-name-jbT~XO7r",
      "links": [
        [
          "Tibet",
          "Tibet#English:_Q17252"
        ],
        [
          "Central Asia",
          "Central Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Tibetan",
          "Tibetan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "Places in China",
          "orig": "bo:Places in China",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "Provinces and autonomous regions of China",
          "orig": "bo:Provinces and autonomous regions of China",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "Tibet, China",
          "orig": "bo:Tibet, China",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 33 21 6 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 39 15 4 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tibet (an autonomous region of China)"
      ],
      "id": "en-བོད-bo-name-2KvsLfYF",
      "links": [
        [
          "Tibet",
          "Tibet#English:_Q17269"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*bot/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*bot/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰøː˩˧˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nyêmo County",
    "bo:བོད"
  ],
  "word": "བོད"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tibetan lemmas",
    "Tibetan proper nouns",
    "Tibetan terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bod skad",
      "word": "བོད་སྐད"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod chas",
      "word": "བོད་ཆས"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod chen po",
      "word": "བོད་ཆེན་པོ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod ja",
      "word": "བོད་ཇ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod ljongs",
      "word": "བོད་ལྗོངས"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod pa",
      "word": "བོད་པ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod sman",
      "word": "བོད་སྨན"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod yig",
      "word": "བོད་ཡིག"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod yul",
      "word": "བོད་ཡུལ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bod rang skyong ljongs",
      "word": "བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས"
    },
    {
      "english": "bod rigs",
      "word": "བོད་རིགས"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dz",
            "2": "བོད"
          },
          "expansion": "Dzongkha: བོད (bod)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dzongkha: བོད (bod)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "Βαι̃ται",
            "3": "Βα̃ται",
            "4": "Βαεται",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Baetae",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Baetae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Baetae"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltc",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒? Middle Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "發羌",
            "id": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "發羌 (MC pjot khjang)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "附國"
          },
          "expansion": "附國 (MC bjuH kwok)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒? Middle Chinese: 發羌 (MC pjot khjang); 附國 (MC bjuH kwok)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "*𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝",
            "3": "*𑀪𑁄𑀝",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "ভোট"
          },
          "expansion": "Assamese: ভোট (bhüt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Assamese: ভোট (bhüt)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ভোট"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: ভোট (bhōṭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: ভোট (bhōṭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "भोट"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "भोट"
          },
          "expansion": "Nepali: भोट (bhoṭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nepali: भोट (bhoṭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଭୋଟ"
          },
          "expansion": "Odia: ଭୋଟ (bhoṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Odia: ଭୋଟ (bhoṭa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "भौट्ट",
            "3": "भोट",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sanskrit: भौट्ट (bhauṭṭa), भोट (bhoṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sanskrit: भौट्ट (bhauṭṭa), भोट (bhoṭa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Bialek, originally the name of a people inhabiting modern Nyêmo County. Possibly related to བོན (bon, “to express, to mutter, etc.”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bod",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "བོད • (bod)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "dbus gtsang",
      "word": "དབུས་གཙང"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "bo:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tibet",
          "Tibet#English:_Q17252"
        ],
        [
          "Central Asia",
          "Central Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Tibetan",
          "Tibetan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "bo:Places in China",
        "bo:Provinces and autonomous regions of China",
        "bo:Tibet, China"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tibet (an autonomous region of China)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tibet",
          "Tibet#English:_Q17269"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*bot/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*bot/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰøː˩˧˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nyêmo County",
    "bo:བོད"
  ],
  "word": "བོད"
}

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