Etymology

Zhumulangma

Zhu·mu·lang·ma
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Today it means: Synonym of Mount Everest: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Full definition →

Mandarin 珠穆朗瑪峰 /珠穆朗玛峰 ← Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
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The story

  1. Tibetan · derived fromཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
  2. Mandarin · derived from珠穆朗瑪峰 /珠穆朗玛峰
  3. English todayZhumulangma

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 珠穆朗瑪峰 /珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng), from Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma), Chomolungma.

Words from the same roots

Tibetanཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ all →

ChomolungmaQomolangma Feng

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