Translingual

Letter

ཇ

1. Tibetan letter ja

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Letter

ཇ • ‎(ja)

1. letter ja [dʑà/tɕʰà] of the Tibetan abugida

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Chinese 茶 (MC ɖˠa), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*d͡ʑa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: qa^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰa˩˧/

Noun

ཇ • ‎(ja)

1. tea

Zangskari

Noun

ཇ

1. tea

References

• Zanskari - English dictionary - Karsha au Zanskar