Etymology

བཙན ‎(btsan, “severe, strong, powerful”) +‎ པོ ‎(po, “masculine agent suffix”). Related to བཙན་པ ‎(btsan pa, “strict, powerful; power, force; king”), བརྩན ‎(brtsan, “demon; secure, strong, mighty; king; power”), བཙན ‎(btsan, “tsan spirit; ghost of hunting; secure, mighty; king; power, force”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*pt͡san.po/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: zaen^f-bo^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡sɛ̃˥˥.po˥˥/