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U+0F49, ཉ
TIBETAN LETTER NYA
[unassigned: U+0F48]

[U+0F47]
Tibetan
[U+0F4A]

Translingual

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Letter

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  1. Tibetan letter nya

Balti

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(nya)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(nya)

  1. The seventh letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun

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(nya)

  1. fish

Kurtöp

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ཉ་

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognates include Dzongkha (nya) and Tibetan (nya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(nya)

  1. fish

References

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  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 63
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

Ladakhi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(nya)

  1. The eighth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(nya)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun

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(nya)

  1. fish

References

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  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Sikkimese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(nya)

  1. The eighth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(nya)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(nya)

  1. fish
Derived terms
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References

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