རང་དབང

Tibetan

Etymology

རང (rang, “self, oneself, own”) +‎ དབང (dbang, “power, control, force, empowerment”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*raŋ.dbaŋ/
• Lhasa: /ʐaŋ˩˨.waŋ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*raŋ.dbaŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: rang^v-wang^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʐaŋ˩˨.waŋ˥˥/

Noun

རང་དབང • (rang dbang)

1. freedom, independence, autonomy