Etymology

གསོལ་བ ‎(gsol ba, “to consume”) + དཀྲུམ ‎(dkrum) / ཀྲུམས ‎(krums, “meat”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ksol.tkrum/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: soe^f-zhum^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /søː˥˥.ʈ͡ʂum˥˩/