བགྲང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)raŋ (“to count, to measure”) (STEDT). Cognate to Chinese 量 (“to measure”), Khaling ʾkhran-ne, Burmese ခြင် (hkrang, “to measure capacity”), Nusu xɹɯ³¹ (“to count”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*bgraŋ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*bgraŋ/ (reconstructed)

Verb

བགྲང • (bgrang) (nominal form བགྲང་བ)

to count; enumerate; calculate
to tell

References

“བགྲང” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.

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