"མིང" meaning in Tibetan

See མིང in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /*miŋ/, /miŋ˩˨/ [Lhasa] Forms: ming [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ. Cognate with Chinese 名 (míng). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*r-meŋ}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ, {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|名}} 名 (míng) Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} མིང • (ming)
  1. name, designation
    Sense id: en-མིང-bo-noun-wHDAJ577 Categories (other): Tibetan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tibetan entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. word, term
    Sense id: en-མིང-bo-noun-ggJVXP47 Categories (other): Tibetan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tibetan entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: གཅེས་མིང (gces ming), མིང་འདོགས (english: ming 'dogs), མིང་ཚབ (ming tshab), མིང་ཚིག (ming tshig), མིང་རྫུས་མ (ming rdzus ma)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gces ming",
      "word": "གཅེས་མིང"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ming 'dogs",
      "word": "མིང་འདོགས"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ming tshab",
      "word": "མིང་ཚབ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ming tshig",
      "word": "མིང་ཚིག"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ming rdzus ma",
      "word": "མིང་རྫུས་མ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjz",
            "2": "མིང",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bumthangkha: མིང (ming)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bumthangkha: མིང (ming)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xkz",
            "2": "མིང",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kurtöp: མིང (ming)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kurtöp: མིང (ming)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*r-meŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "名"
      },
      "expansion": "名 (míng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ. Cognate with Chinese 名 (míng).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ming",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "མིང • (ming)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name, designation"
      ],
      "id": "en-མིང-bo-noun-wHDAJ577",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "designation",
          "designation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "word, term"
      ],
      "id": "en-མིང-bo-noun-ggJVXP47",
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*miŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*miŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ˩˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "མིང"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tibetan lemmas",
    "Tibetan nouns",
    "Tibetan terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Tibetan terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Tibetan terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gces ming",
      "word": "གཅེས་མིང"
    },
    {
      "english": "ming 'dogs",
      "word": "མིང་འདོགས"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ming tshab",
      "word": "མིང་ཚབ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ming tshig",
      "word": "མིང་ཚིག"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ming rdzus ma",
      "word": "མིང་རྫུས་མ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjz",
            "2": "མིང",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bumthangkha: མིང (ming)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bumthangkha: མིང (ming)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xkz",
            "2": "མིང",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kurtöp: མིང (ming)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kurtöp: མིང (ming)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*r-meŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "名"
      },
      "expansion": "名 (míng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ. Cognate with Chinese 名 (míng).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ming",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "མིང • (ming)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name, designation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "designation",
          "designation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "word, term"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*miŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*miŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ˩˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "མིང"
}

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