རྒྱ་མི

See also: རྒྱམ

Tibetan

Etymology

From རྒྱ (rgya, “expanse, empire”) +‎ མི (mi, “person”), with the first part being short for རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag, “China”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rɡʲa.mi/
• Lhasa: /ɟa˩˨.miˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rɡʲa.mi/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ghya^v-mi
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɟa˩˨.miˑ/

Noun

རྒྱ་མི • (rgya mi)

1. person of Han Chinese origin