མཁན་པ

Tibetan

Alternative forms

• འཁན་པ ('khan pa)

Etymology

མཁན (mkhan) +‎ པ (pa)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mkʰan.pa/
• Lhasa: /kʰɛ̃˥˥.paˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mkʰan.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: kaen^f-ba
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̃˥˥.paˑ/

Noun

མཁན་པ • (mkhan pa)

1. a shrub used for incense, frankincense
2. artemisia
3. certain ferns used for healing wounds and swellings

Hyponyms

• མཁན་སྐྱ (mkhan skya)
• མཁན་དཀར (mkhan dkar)
• མཁན་དམར (mkhan dmar)
• མཁན་ནག (mkhan nag)

References

• “མཁན་པ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.