ཁ་བཏགས

Tibetan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kʰa.ptaks/
• Lhasa: /kʰa˥˥.ta˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kʰa.ptaks/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ka^f-da^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kʰa˥˥.ta˥˨/

Noun

ཁ་བཏགས • (kha btags)

1. khata (traditional Tibetan ceremonial scarf)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 哈達／哈达 (hǎdá)
• → English: khata
• → Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠭ (qadag) / хадаг (xadag)
• → Nepali: खादा (khādā)