བྱམས་པ
Appearance
Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semantic loan from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya, “friendly, benevolent”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Old Tibetan: /*bʲams.pa/
- Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰam˩˨ pa˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: qamv baf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰam˩˨ pa˥˥/
Noun
[edit]བྱམས་པ • (byams pa)
Usage notes
[edit]- (lover): Usually used in folk songs.
Proper noun
[edit]བྱམས་པ • (byams pa)
- (Buddhism) Maitreya
- a unisex given name
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Yu, Daoquan (于道泉), chief editor, Fu, Jiazhang (傅家璋), editor (1983) 藏汉对照拉萨口语词典 (in Chinese), Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House, page 652