དྲི

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ri-k. Cognate with Burmese ရိ (ri., “gleet, discharge”), Burmese အယိ (a.yi., “slimy discharge”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*dri/
• Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂi˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*dri/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: zhi^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂi˩˨/

Noun

དྲི • (dri)

1. See དྲི་མ (dri ma, “odor, smell”).