"ཉི་མ" meaning in Tibetan

See ཉི་མ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /*ȵi.ma/, /ȵi˩˨.məˑ/ [Lhasa], /ni˩˧.mɑ˥˥/ [Batang], /ȵi˩˧.ma˥˧/ [Dêgê], /nə˥˧.wã˥˥/ (note: Gyaitang), /ȵə.ma/ [Zêkog], /ȵə.ma/ [Bla-Brang], /ȵə.mæ/ (note: Arik), /ȵə.ma/ (note: Maqu), /ɳə.ma/ (note: Ngawa), /ȵə.ma/ (note: Mdung-Nag) Forms: nyi ma [romanization]
Etymology: ཉི (nyi) is from Proto-Bodish *ni, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) (“sun, day”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-bdi-pro|*ni}} Proto-Bodish *ni, {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*ku-ni(k)||sun, day}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) (“sun, day”) Head templates: {{head|bo|proper noun}} ཉི་མ • (nyi ma)
  1. Nyima (a county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China) Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Tibet, China
    Sense id: en-ཉི་མ-bo-name-5jzvRMLd Categories (other): Counties and county-level cities of Tibet, China, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tibetan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 5 1 1 52 5 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 3 0 1 65 3 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Tibetan entries with incorrect language header: 92 7 1 0 1
  2. a unisex given name, Nyima
    Sense id: en-ཉི་མ-bo-name-5XkspMBi Categories (other): Tibetan female given names, Tibetan given names, Tibetan male given names, Tibetan unisex given names

Noun

IPA: /*ȵi.ma/, /ȵi˩˨.məˑ/ [Lhasa], /ni˩˧.mɑ˥˥/ [Batang], /ȵi˩˧.ma˥˧/ [Dêgê], /nə˥˧.wã˥˥/ (note: Gyaitang), /ȵə.ma/ [Zêkog], /ȵə.ma/ [Bla-Brang], /ȵə.mæ/ (note: Arik), /ȵə.ma/ (note: Maqu), /ɳə.ma/ (note: Ngawa), /ȵə.ma/ (note: Mdung-Nag) Forms: nyi ma [romanization]
Etymology: ཉི (nyi) is from Proto-Bodish *ni, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) (“sun, day”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-bdi-pro|*ni}} Proto-Bodish *ni, {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*ku-ni(k)||sun, day}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) (“sun, day”) Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} ཉི་མ • (nyi ma)
  1. sun
    Sense id: en-ཉི་མ-bo-noun-J3VvBQ4U
  2. day
    Sense id: en-ཉི་མ-bo-noun-lEwn5bl6 Categories (other): Days of the week Disambiguation of Days of the week: 7 28 4 58 3
  3. Ellipsis of གཟའ་ཉི་མ (gza' nyi ma, “Sunday”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: གཟའ་ཉི་མ (extra: gza' nyi ma, “Sunday”) Derived forms: ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག (nyi ma log yag) (english: solstice), ཉི་མའི་འོད་ཤུགས (nyi ma'i 'od shugs) (english: solar power)
    Sense id: en-ཉི་མ-bo-noun-8p2OMSJ0 Categories (other): Tibetan ellipses

Alternative forms

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    {
      "other": "/*ȵi.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*ȵi.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵi˩˨.məˑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni˩˧.mɑ˥˥/",
      "tags": [
        "Batang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵi˩˧.ma˥˧/",
      "tags": [
        "Dêgê"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nə˥˧.wã˥˥/",
      "note": "Gyaitang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵə.ma/",
      "tags": [
        "Zêkog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵə.ma/",
      "tags": [
        "Bla-Brang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵə.mæ/",
      "note": "Arik"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵə.ma/",
      "note": "Maqu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɳə.ma/",
      "note": "Ngawa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵə.ma/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ཉི་མ"
}

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