Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-man ‎(“medicine”). Compare Chinese 萬 (“ritual dance”), Burmese မန်း ‎(man:, “utter mystic words to heal or ward off evil”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*zman/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: maen^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /mɛ̃˥˥/