ལྷག་པ

Kurtöp

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Etymology

Related to Dzongkha ལྷག་པ (lhag pa, “Tuesday”) and Tibetan ལྷག་པ (lhag pa, “Wednesday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬə́kpə/

Noun

ལྷག་པ (lhakpa)

1. Tuesday

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 233

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*l̥ak.pa/
• Lhasa: /ɬa(k̚)ˀ˥˥.paˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*l̥ak.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lhag^f-ba
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɬa(k̚)ˀ˥˥.paˑ/

Proper noun

ལྷག་པ • (lhag pa)

1. (astronomy) Mercury
2. a unisex given name: Lhakpa
3. Ellipsis of གཟའ་ལྷག་པ (gza' lhag pa, “Wednesday”).

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᡀᠠᠭᠪᠠ (lhaɣba) / лхагва (lxagva)