དམ་པ

Tibetan

Etymology

དམ (dam, “bond”) + པ (pa, “nominalizer”)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*dam.pa/
• Lhasa: /tʰam˩˨.pa˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*dam.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: tam^v-ba^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tʰam˩˨.pa˥˨/

Adjective

དམ་པ • (dam pa)

1. holy, clean, pure

Usage note: often used with the genitive marker, དམ་པའི (dam pa'i), when preceding nouns.