སྐད

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan སྐད (skad), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (mouth; opening).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keː˥/

Noun

སྐད (skad)

  1. voice, sound, cry
  2. dialect

References

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (mouth; opening).

Noun

སྐད (skad)

  1. voice
  2. sound
  3. language
  4. speech

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 22

Tibetan

Etymology

Related to (kha, mouth; word) and བཀའ (bka', word; saying; teaching) (Zhang, 2009), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (mouth; opening).

Pronunciation


Noun

“language, speech”
Plain སྐད (skad)
Honorific བཀའ (bka')

སྐད • (skad)

  1. language
  2. speech

Declension

Derived terms

References

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