འབྲས་བུ

Tibetan

Etymology

Compound of འབྲས ('bras, “rice, fruit”) +‎ བུ (bu, “child, son”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ᵐbras.bu/
Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂɛː˩˨.pu˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ᵐbras.bu/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zhae^v-bu^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɛː˩˨.pu˥˥/

Noun

འབྲས་བུ • ('bras bu)

fruit
(figuratively) effect, result, consequence

Derived terms

མིག་འབྲས (mig 'bras, “eyeball”)
འབྲས་བུ་སྐྱེ ('bras bu skye, “bear fruit”)

See also

ཤིང་ཏོག (shing tog)
ཤིང་འབྲས (shing 'bras)

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