བོན

Tibetan

Etymology

From འབོད ('bod, to call; to shout) (Zhang, 2009). Possibly related to བོད (bod, Tibet) as well (Lalou, 1958).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

བོན • (bon)

  1. (religion) Bon, an indigenous religious tradition of Tibet.
  • བོན་པོའི་ཆོས་ལུགས (bon po'i chos lugs)

Verb

བོན • (bon) (nominal form བོན་པ) (archaic)

  1. to express, to mutter
  2. to ask (a god, sovereign)
  3. to give, to offer (to a god, sovereign)
  4. (for a god, sovereign) to receive, to obtain, to take
  5. (probable) to murmur, to recite (charms, prayers)
  6. (probable) to invoke, to summon, to call

Conjugation

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