མདའ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ˩/

Noun

མདའ (mda')

1. arrow

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da.

Noun

མདའ (mda')

1. arrow

References

• Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-da (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mda(ɣ)/
• Lhasa: /ta˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mda(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: da^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˨/

Noun

མདའ • (mda')

1. arrow
2. hand (of clock)
3. Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ (me mda', “firearm”).

Derived terms

• གློག་མདའ (glog mda', “flare gun”)
• ཕུ་མདའ (phu mda', “air pump”)
• མདའ་གཞུ (mda' gzhu, “bow and arrow”)
• མདའ་བརྒྱབ (mda' brgyab, “to shoot an arrow”)
• མེ་མདའ (me mda', “gun”)
• རིང་མདའ (ring mda', “rifle”)
• ལག་མདའ (lag mda', “handgun”)
• སྐར་མདའ (skar mda', “shooting star”)

References

• “མདའ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “མདའ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.

Zangskari

Noun

མདའ (mda')

1. arrow

References

• Zanskari - English dictionary - Karsha au Zanskar