Etymology

Lhasa apso

Today it means: A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin. Full definition →

Tibetan ལྷ་ས
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  1. Tibetan · derived fromལྷ་ས
  2. Tibetan · derived fromཨོག་ཚོམ
  3. Tibetan · derived fromལྷ་ས
  4. English todayLhasa apso

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, “to bark”) + སོ་ (so, “guard, watchman”).

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