གློག་བརྙན

Tibetan

Etymology

གློག (glog, “electricity”) +‎ བརྙན (brnyan, “image, reflection”). Possibly a calque of Chinese 電影／电影 (diànyǐng, “film, literally "electricity-image"”).

Pronunciation

• Lhasa: /loː˥˥.ȵɛ̃˥˥/

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• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: loo^f-nyaen^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /loː˥˥.ȵɛ̃˥˥/

Noun

གློག་བརྙན • (glog brnyan)

1. movie, film

Derived terms

• གློག་བརྙན་ཁང (glog brnyan khang)