ལྷ་ཁང

Kurtöp

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ལྷ་ཁང (lha khang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l̥ɐ́.kʰɐŋ]

Noun

ལྷ་ཁང (lhakhang)

1. temple

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 233
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 97

Tibetan

Etymology

From ལྷ (lha) +‎ ཁང (khang).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*l̥a.kʰaŋ/
• Lhasa: /ɬa˥˥.kʰaŋ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*l̥a.kʰaŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lha^f-kang^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɬa˥˥.kʰaŋ˥˥/

Noun

ལྷ་ཁང • (lha khang)

1. temple

Descendants

• → Kurtöp: ལྷ་ཁང (lhakhang)
• → Wutunhua: lhakang