ཟོང་ཁ

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zòŋ.kʰɐ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ (rdzong kha), equivalent to ཟོང (zong, “fortress”) +‎ ཁ (kha, “language”).

Noun

ཟོང་ཁ (zongkha)

1. Dzongkha language

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁག (rdzong khag).

Noun

ཟོང་ཁ (zongkha)

1. district, region

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 185