གཞོང

Tibetan

Etymology

Compare Lepcha ᰈᰨᰵᰕᰨ (joŋ-mo, bucket, tub), Proto-Loloish *ʔ-loŋ² (pot) (Unger, 1999).

Also may be related to Chinese (wèng, basin; tub; bowl), (OC *qoː, “small bowl; small cup”), (OC *qoːnʔ, “bowl”), (OC *qreːŋ, “earthen jar”), (OC *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs, “earthen jar”), (OC *qoŋ, “carbuncle; ulcer”) (Wang, 1982; Unger, 1999; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation


Noun

གཞོང • (gzhong)

  1. basin, bowl, vessel

Derived terms

References

  • གཞོང” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
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