ད

See also: དྷ

ད U+0F51, ད TIBETAN LETTER DA ← ཐ [U+0F50] Tibetan དྷ → [U+0F52]

Translingual

Letter

ད

1. Tibetan letter da

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ/, [dɑ]

Letter

ད (da)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ˥/, [tɑ˥]

Letter

ད (da)

1. The eleventh letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Ladakhi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə/, [d̪ə]

Letter

ད (da)

1. The eleventh letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪a/, [d̪a]

Letter

ད (da)

1. The twentieth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Sikkimese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɐ~t̀ʱɐ~d̀ɦɐ/, [tɐ~t̀ʱɐ~d̀ɦɐ]

Letter

ད (da)

1. The eleventh letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*da/
• Lhasa: /tʰa˩˨/

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

Adverb

ད • (da)

1. now, presently, nowadays

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*da/
• Lhasa: /taˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*da/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: da
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /taˑ/

Particle

ད • (da)

1. (colloquial, after the emphasised word in the sentence) it is true, to be sure, indeed

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*da/
• Lhasa: /taˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*da/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: da
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /taˑ/

Particle

ད • (da)

1. imperative particle