གླིང

See also: གླང

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gliŋ.

Noun

གླིང (gling)

  1. (geography) island

Derived terms

References

  • Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 37

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gliŋ. Cognate with Burmese ကြည်း (krany:, “dry land, ground”).

Pronunciation

Noun

གླིང • (gling)

  1. dry land surrounded by water: island; continent
  2. piece, fragment
  3. large monastery

Derived terms

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