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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-dwaŋ. Cognates include Dzongkha གདོང (gdong) and Tibetan གདོང (gdong).
དོང (dong)
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- G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 109