"རྒྱ་ནག" meaning in Tibetan

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Proper name

IPA: /*rɡʲa.nak/, /ɟa˩˨.na˥˨/ [Lhasa] Forms: rgya nag [romanization]
Etymology: རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; country, empire”) + ནག (nag, “black”), literally "the black expanse; the black empire". Etymology templates: {{compound|bo|རྒྱ|ནག|gloss1=extent, size; country, empire|gloss2=black}} རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; country, empire”) + ནག (nag, “black”) Head templates: {{head|bo|proper noun}} རྒྱ་ནག • (rgya nag)
  1. China; in particular, regions populated by Han Chinese Categories (place): China Synonyms: ཀྲུང་གོ
    Sense id: en-རྒྱ་ནག-bo-name-JvOuLdex Categories (other): Tibetan entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for རྒྱ་ནག meaning in Tibetan (1.4kB)

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      },
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        },
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          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "China",
          "orig": "bo:China",
          "parents": [
            "Asia",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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          "word": "ཀྲུང་གོ"
        }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*rɡʲa.nak/"
    },
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      "name": "compound"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "ཀྲུང་གོ"
        }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*rɡʲa.nak/"
    },
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  "word": "རྒྱ་ནག"
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