མིག་དམར

Tibetan

Etymology

From མིག (mig, “eye”) +‎ དམར (dmar, “red”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mik.dmar/
• Lhasa: /miː˩˨.maːˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mik.dmar/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: mii^v-maa
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /miː˩˨.maːˑ/

Noun

མིག་དམར • (mig dmar)

1. (medicine) red eye, as a symptom of disease
2. Ellipsis of གཟའ་མིག་དམར (gza' mig dmar, “Tuesday”).

Proper noun

མིག་དམར • (mig dmar)

1. (astronomy) Mars
2. a unisex given name: Migmar, Mikmar

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᠮᠢᠭᠮᠠᠷ (miɣmar) / мягмар (mjagmar)
• → Kalmyk: Мигмр (Migmr)