བདེན

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Chinese 真 (OC *ʔljin). Has also been connected to 貞 (OC *teŋ), 偵 (OC *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs) and 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs) (Schuessler, 2007). Doublet of དྲང་པོ (drang po) (Sagart, 2020b).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*bden/
• Lhasa: /tẽ˩˨/
• Batang: /dẽ⁵⁵/
• Zêkog: /wden/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*bden/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: den^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tẽ˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /dẽ⁵⁵/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /wden/

Adjective

བདེན • (bden)

1. See བདེན་པ (bden pa, “true, real”).

References

• “བདེན” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.