Dzongkha

Noun

ཚིག ‎(tshig)

1. word

Derived terms

• ཁྱད་ཚིག ‎(khyad tshig)
• བསྡུ་ཚིག ‎(bsdu tshig)

Tibetan

Etymology

The resemblance to Chinese 詞／词 (cí, “word”) is likely coincidental.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡sʰik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: ci^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰi˥˩/

Noun

ཚིག • ‎(tshig)

1. word, phrase

Derived terms

• སྐུལ་ཚིག ‎(skul tshig)
• གབ་ཚིག ‎(gab tshig)
• ཚིག་མཛོད ‎(tshig mdzod)
• མིང་ཚིག ‎(ming tshig)
• བྱ་ཚིག ‎(bya tshig)
• རྒྱན་ཚིག ‎(rgyan tshig)