སྨན

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-man (“medicine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /men˥/
  • (literary) IPA(key): /mɛːn˥/

Noun

སྨན (sman)

  1. medicine, drug, pharmaceutical
  2. cure

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-man (“medicine”). Cognates include Sulung ɕə³³min³³, Tshangla man⁵⁵, Thakali mɔn, Southern Pumi m̥ɛ̃⁵⁵, Queyu sme⁵⁵, Achang mjɑ³¹.

Noun

སྨན (sman)

  1. medicine

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-man (“medicine”). Compare Drung mvn (“medicine”), Chinese 萬 (“ritual dance”), Burmese မန်း (man:, “utter mystic words to heal or ward off evil”).

Pronunciation


Noun

སྨན • (sman)

  1. drug, medicine, medication
  2. herb, remedy
  3. she-demons worshipped by common folk

Derived terms

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