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U+0F44, ང
TIBETAN LETTER NGA

[U+0F43]
Tibetan
[U+0F45]

Translingual[edit]

Letter[edit]

  1. Tibetan letter nga

Balti[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

(nga)

  1. The seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

(nga)

  1. The fourth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa (I).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

(nga)

  1. I
See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Karma Tshering, George van Driem (2019) The Grammar of Dzongkha[1], 4 edition, Santa Barbara, California: Himalayan Linguistics, University of California at Santa Barbara, →ISBN

Sherpa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

(nga)

  1. The fourth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronoun[edit]

(nga)

  1. I

References[edit]

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

Sikkimese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

(nga)

  1. The fourth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa (five).

Numeral[edit]

(nga)

  1. five (5)

Tibetan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Letter[edit]

(nga)

  1. The fourth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa (I).

Pronunciation[edit]


Pronoun[edit]

(nga)

  1. I (1st-person singular pronoun)
See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.
  • ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.