བརྒྱད

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat.

Numeral

བརྒྱད (brgyad)

1. eight

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat.

Numeral

བརྒྱད (brgyad) (Devanagari spelling बर्ग्यद)

1. eight

References

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

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat.

Numeral

བརྒྱད (ge')

1. eight

Tibetan

Tibetan numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	8	9  →
Cardinal: བརྒྱད (brgyad)     Ordinal: བརྒྱད་པ (brgyad pa)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*brɡʲat/
• Lhasa: /cɛː˩˧˨/
• Batang: /d͡ʑɛʔ˥˧/
• Dêgê: /d͡ʑe˧˩/
• Gyaitang: /d͡ʑe˩˧/
• Zêkog: /wɟjal/
• Bla-Brang: /hd͡ʑal/
• Arik: /wd͡ʑat/
• Maqu: /wd͡ʑat/
• Lahuli–Spiti: /bɡjat/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*brɡʲat/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: gyae^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /cɛː˩˧˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɛʔ˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑe˧˩/
  • (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑe˩˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /wɟjal/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hd͡ʑal/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /wd͡ʑat/
  • (Maqu) IPA^(key): /wd͡ʑat/
• Lahuli–Spiti
  • (Spiti) IPA^(key): /bɡjat/

Numeral

བརྒྱད • (brgyad)

1. eight

Derived terms

• ཟུར་བརྒྱད་མ (zur brgyad ma, “octagon”)

References

• “བརྒྱད” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.