Etymology

ཚ་ལུ ‎(tsha lu, “red”) +‎ མ ‎(ma, “noun suffix”). Related to མཚལ ‎(mtshal, “vermillion pigment”), མཚལ་ལུ ‎(mtshal lu, “*red”) (Zhang, 2009).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡sʰa.lu.ma/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: cac^f-lu^f-mac
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰə˥˥.lu˥˥.məˑ/