ཡག་པོ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l(j)a(k/ŋ) (“good, beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*jak.po/
• Lhasa: /ja(k̚)ˀ˩˨ po˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*jak.po/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: yag^v bo^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ja(k̚)ˀ˩˨ po˥˥/

Adjective

ཡག་པོ • (yag po)

1. good, nice

   ཁང་མིག་འདི་བཀོད་པ་ཡག་པོ་འདུག

   khang mig 'di bkod pa yag po 'dug

   This room has a nice design.

References

• “ཡག་པོ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.