Etymology

གྲང + མོ, the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ ‎(“cold; freeze”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*graŋ.mo/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: chacng^v-ngu^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ˩˧.ŋu˥˥/