དངུལ

Dzongkha

Chemical element
Ag

རོམ་གྱི་དངུལ།
Rom-g˚i 'ngü.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur (“silver”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ŋyː˥/

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

silver
currency, money

Adjective

དངུལ (dngul)

silvery, shiny white, silver-colored

Sherpa

Noun

དངུལ (dngul)

silver

Tibetan

Chemical element
Ag

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur.

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*dŋul/
Lhasa: /ŋyː˥˥/
Batang: /ŋy˥˥/
Dêgê: /ŋu˥˥/
Zêkog: /rŋu/
Bla-Brang: /hŋu/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*dŋul/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ngue^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ŋyː˥˥/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ŋy˥˥/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ŋu˥˥/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rŋu/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hŋu/

Noun

དངུལ • (dngul)

silver
money

Derived terms

ངུལ་རྩིས (ngul rtsis, “finance”)
དངུལ་ཁང (dngul khang, “bank”)
དངུལ་ཁུག (dngul khug, “billfold”)
དངུལ་འཇོག (dngul 'jog, “deposit”)
དངུལ་ལོར (dngul lor, “paper money, note”)

References

“དངུལ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
“དངུལ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.

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