རལ་གྲི

Tibetan

Etymology

རལ (ral, “to rend, cleave, tear”) +‎ གྲི (gri, “knife, blade”)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ral.ɡri/
• Lhasa: /ʐɛː˥˥.ˈʈ͡ʂʰiˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ral.ɡri/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: raef.ˈchi
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʐɛː˥˥.ˈʈ͡ʂʰiˑ/

Noun

རལ་གྲི • (ral gri)

1. sword, blade

Synonyms

• དཔའ་དམ (dpa' dam)