ཟིག

Kurtöp

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *(g)zik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-rtsik. Cognates include Dzongkha གཟིག (gzig) and Tibetan གཟིག (gzig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zìk], [zìː]

Noun

ཟིག (zik)

  1. clouded leopard

Derived terms

References

  • G. Hyslop; K. Tshering; K. Lhendrup; P. Chhophyel (2016), Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 186
  • Kuenga Lhendup (2025), A Phonetic and Phonological reconstruction of Proto-Kurtöp‎[1], University of Syndey (PhD thesis), page 131
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