གཟིག

Sherpa

Noun

གཟིག (zik)

leopard

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-zik (“leopard”). Cognate with Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (“leopard/panther”), Burmese သစ် (sac, “leopard”), Northern Qiang [script needed] (sə), Nuosu ꍀ (ssyt), Chepang [script needed] (jaʔ).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*gzik/
Lhasa: /si(k̚)ˀ˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*gzik/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: sig^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /si(k̚)ˀ˩˨/

Noun

གཟིག • (gzig)

leopard

Derived terms

གསའ་གཟིག (gsa' gzig)

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