བྲན

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brɐ̀n]

Verb

བྲན (bran)

1. (transitive) to know

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 146
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 95

Tibetan

Etymology

Possibly related to Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma) and Chinese 蠻／蛮 (mán).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bran/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bran/ (reconstructed)

Noun

བྲན • (bran)

1. serf
2. slave, subject
3. servitude, enslavement
4. sprinkle (water)

Derived terms

• བྲན་གཡོག (bran g.yog)

See also

• དུད་ཆང (dud chang)
• མངའ་ཞབས (mnga' zhabs)
• མངའ་འབངས (mnga' 'bangs)
• འབངས་འཁོར ('bangs 'khor)