Etymology

From འབོད་པ ‎('bod pa, “to call; to shout”) (Zhang, 2009). Compare བོན་པ ‎(bon pa, “to express; to mutter”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bon/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: poen^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰø̃˩˧/