ཤེས

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕeː˥/
• Homophones: བཤེད (bshed), ཤད (shad), ཤེལ (shel)

Verb

ཤེས (shes)

1. to know, to learn, to familiarize, to identify, to inform

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s.

Verb

ཤེས (shes)

1. to know

References

• Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ɕes/
• Lhasa: /ɕẽ˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ɕes/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xen^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕẽ˥˨/

Verb

ཤེས • (shes) (nominal form ཤེས་པ)

1. (intransitive) to know, understand, realise, cognise

Conjugation

Conjugation of ཤེས

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ཤེས	shes
Future	ཤེས	shes
Past	ཤེས	shes
Imperative	ཤེས	shes