ཕྱག

See also: ཕག

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p-jak.

Noun

ཕྱག (chhāk)

1. hand

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p-jak.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pʰʲak/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰa˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pʰʲak/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: qa^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰa˥˨/

Noun

“hand”

Plain	ལག་པ (lag pa)
Honorific	ཕྱག (phyag)

ཕྱག • (phyag)

1. (honorific) hand, arm
2. bow, homage, reverence