སེམས་ཅན

Tibetan

Etymology

སེམས (sems, “mind, sentience”) +‎ ཅན (can, “possessor”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*sems.t͡ɕan/
• Lhasa: /sem˥˥.t͡ɕɛ̃˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*sems.t͡ɕan/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: sem^f-jaen^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sem˥˥.t͡ɕɛ̃˥˥/

Noun

སེམས་ཅན • (sems can)

1. animal, creature, being