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- Tibetan · borrowed fromཚྭའི་འདམ
- English todayQaidam
A romanization of Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ (tshwa'i 'dam), from ཚྭ (tshwa, “salt”) + འི ('i, possessive particle) + འདམ ('dam, “marsh, swamp, morass”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qaidam
Today it means: An arid basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau covered with deserts and salt flats, making up most of northwestern Qinghai Province, China. Full definition →
Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ