གཟིག

Sherpa

Noun

གཟིག (zik)

1. leopard

Tibetan

གཟིག

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-zik (“leopard”). Cognate with Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (“leopard/panther”), Burmese သစ် (sac, “leopard”), Northern Qiang [script needed] (sə), Nuosu ꍀ (ssyt), Chepang [script needed] (jaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*gzik/
• Lhasa: /si(k̚)ˀ˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*gzik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: sig^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /si(k̚)ˀ˩˨/

Noun

གཟིག • (gzig)

1. leopard

Derived terms

• གསའ་གཟིག (gsa' gzig)