བོད

See also: པོད, བདེ, and པད

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰøː˩/

Proper noun

བོད (bod)

  1. Tibet

Tibetan

Etymology

According to Bialek, originally the name of a people inhabiting modern Nyêmo County.[1] Possibly related to བོན (bon, “to express, to mutter, etc.”).[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

བོད • (bod)

  1. Tibet

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Dzongkha: བོད (bod)
  • →? Ancient Greek: Βαι̃ται (Baĩtai), Βα̃ται (Bãtai), Βαεται (Baetai)[1]
    • → Latin: Baetae
  • →⇒? Middle Chinese: 發羌 (MC pjot khjang); 附國 (MC bjuH kwok)[1]
  • →? Prakrit: *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa), *𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa)[1]

See also

References
  1. Joanna Bialek (2021 October) “Naming the empire: from Bod to Tibet—A philologico-historical study on the origin of the polity”, in Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines‎, volume 61, Centre de recherche sur les civilisations d'Asie orientale, pages 339-402
  2. Marcelle Lalou (1953) “Tibétain ancien Bod/Bon”, in Journal Asiatique, volume 241, pages 275–276
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