Indian, i.e., Native American, in Tibetan
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Indian, i.e., Native American, in Tibetan
Does anyone know how Tibetans say India/Native American in Tibetan?
Pema Chophel པདྨ་ཆོས་འཕེལ
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Re: Indian, i.e., Native American, in Tibetan
Didn't get any responses here. Below is a response from a Tibetan friend:
ཨ་རིའི་གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན།
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ཨ་རིའི་གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན།
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Re: Indian, i.e., Native American, in Tibetan
I'd be interested in the etymology....is it literally just tibetan-ized "In-dee-in"?pemachophel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:18 pm Didn't get any responses here. Below is a response from a Tibetan friend:
ཨ་རིའི་གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན།
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Meditate upon Bodhicitta when sad
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when suffering occurs
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when you are scared
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Re: Indian, i.e., Native American, in Tibetan
I don't know in Tibetan, but I do know that in English some Tibetans refer to American Indians as 'aboriginals.'
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Re: Indian, i.e., Native American, in Tibetan
ཨ་རིའི་ (of) America
གདོད་མ་ original, in early time; often: primordial
གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ indigenous people, aboriginals, lit. original race/caste/kind of people
ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན། Indian (Een-dee-en)
ཨ་རིའི་གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན། America's indigenous people, the Indians.
གདོད་མ་ original, in early time; often: primordial
གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ indigenous people, aboriginals, lit. original race/caste/kind of people
ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན། Indian (Een-dee-en)
ཨ་རིའི་གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཨིན་ཏེ་ཨན། America's indigenous people, the Indians.