སྤྱི་སྐད

Tibetan

Etymology

From སྤྱི (spyi, “common, general”) +‎ སྐད (skad, “language”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*spʲi.skat/
Lhasa: /t͡ɕi˥˥.kɛː˥˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*spʲi.skat/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ji^f-gae^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕi˥˥.kɛː˥˨/

Noun

སྤྱི་སྐད • (spyi skad)

lingua franca, koine
བོད་ཀྱི་སྤྱི་སྐད་སྐོར་གྱི་ཆེད་རྩོམ་ཕྱོགས་བསྒྲིགས་
bod kyi spyi skad skor gyi ched rtsom phyogs bsgrigs
A Collection of Articles on Standard Tibetan
(literally, “the Common Language of Tibet”)

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