Etymology

སྐད་བརྡ ‎(skad brda, “order, speech, language”) +‎ རིག་པ ‎(rig pa, “-ology”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*skat.brda.rik.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: gae^f-da^f rig^v-bac^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kɛː˥˥.ta˥˥ ʐi(k̚)ˀ˩˧.pə˥˥/