ནད

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː˩/

Noun

ནད (nad)

1. illness, disease

Derived terms

• མིག་ནད (mig nad)

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐ̀t̪]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nat. Cognates include Dzongkha ནད (nad) and Tibetan ནད (nad).

Noun

ནད (nat)

1. illness, disease
2. plague, epidemic

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ནད (nat)

1. (transitive) to put down

Etymology 3

Related to Dzongkha ལྡད (ldad) and Tibetan ལྡད (ldad).

Noun

ནད (nat)

1. cud

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 114
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*nat/
• Lhasa: /nɛː˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*nat/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: nae^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nɛː˩˧˨/

Noun

ནད • (nad)

1. disease, illness, sickness

Derived terms

• གློ་ནད (glo nad, “tuberculosis”)
• ཆང་ནད (chang nad, “hangover”)
• སྐྲན་ནད (skran nad, “cancer”)
• འདར་ནད ('dar nad, “malaria”)
• བཤལ་ནད (bshal nad, “diarrhea”)
• མཛེ་ནད (mdze nad, “leprosy”)
• རྒྱ་ནད (rgya nad, “syphilis”)