Etymology

Lhasa

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Today it means: The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Full definition →

Tibetan ལྷ་ས ← otb ར་ས
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  1. otb · derived fromར་ས
  2. Tibetan · borrowed fromལྷ་ས
  3. English todayLhasa

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa).

Words from the same roots

Tibetanལྷ་ས all →

Lhasa apso

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