གཤིས་ཀ

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kɕis.ka/
• Lhasa: /ɕi˥˥.kaˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kɕis.ka/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xi^f-ga
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕi˥˥.kaˑ/

Noun

གཤིས་ཀ • (gshis ka)

1. nature
2. temperament, disposition
3. character, personality
4. quality

Derived terms

• གཤིས (gshis, “clipping of གཤིས་ཀ (gshis ka)”)
• གནམ་གཤིས (gnam gshis, “weather, climate”)
• གཤིས་ལུགས (gshis lugs, “tradition, natural state, original state, way of being”)
• མི་གཤིས (mi gshis, “personality, character”)