ལྕགས་ཀྲིན

Sikkimese

Chemical element
Sn

Etymology

By surface analysis, ལྕགས (lcags, “iron, metal”) +‎ ཀྲིན (krin).

Noun

ལྕགས་ཀྲིན (lcags krin)

  1. tin (metal)
    Synonym: ལྕགས་དཀར (lcags dkar)

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 53
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