བྱ་གཏོར

Tibetan

Etymology

བྱ (bya, “bird”) +‎ གཏོར (gtor, “scatter, dispose, destroy”)

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*bʲa.ktor/
Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰa˩˨.toː(ɹ)˥˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*bʲa.ktor/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: qa^v-dor^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰa˩˨.toː(ɹ)˥˨/

Noun

བྱ་གཏོར • (bya gtor)

sky burial, the traditional Tibetan funeral practice of excarnation

See also

རིར་སྐྱེལ (rir skyel)

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