དེབ་ཐེར

Tibetan

Alternative forms

• དེབ་གཏེར (deb gter)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دفتر (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “parchment”). The spelling with གཏེར (gter) is based on a folk etymology connecting it to the meaning "treasure".

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*dep.tʰer/
• Lhasa: /tʰep̚˩˨.tʰeː˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*dep.tʰer/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: teb^v-tee^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tʰep̚˩˨.tʰeː˥˥/

Noun

དེབ་ཐེར • (deb ther)

1. annals, records