རྨ་བྱ

Sherpa

Noun

རྨ་བྱ (māpcha)

1. peacock

Tibetan

Etymology

The first element is from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra, “peacock”), compounded to native བྱ (bya, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• Lhasa: /map̚˥˥.t͡ɕa˥˥/

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• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: mab^f-ja^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /map̚˥˥.t͡ɕa˥˥/

Noun

རྨ་བྱ • (rma bya)

1. peacock