མགྲོན་ཁང

Tibetan

Etymology

མགྲོན (mgron, “guest; feast, banquet”) +‎ ཁང (khang, “house, building”). Compare Chinese 賓館／宾馆 (bīnguǎn, literally “guest house/building; hotel”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mɡron.kʰaŋ/
• Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂø̃˩˨ kʰaŋ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mɡron.kʰaŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: zhoen^v kang^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂø̃˩˨ kʰaŋ˥˥/

Noun

མགྲོན་ཁང • (mgron khang)

1. hotel, guesthouse