nas zan

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1) barley dough; 2) small bird mchil pa [IW]

(med) Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (Czaja 2019, Yeshi 2017)
Synonyms : bod mchil, khri sde stong dbon (Jam-dpal)

nas zan ni / bod mchil / khri sde stong dbon zer / khyim du gnas te mgo ma gtogs pa mchil ba 'dra ba'o / ston dus zhing mur sib sib bsags nas lo 'bru za ba'o // rgyud las / mchil ba nas zan rtsangs pas khu ba skyed // ces so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 230)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_054) nas zan sha (33_145) nas zan gyi brun. Jam-dpal (pdf p 230) nas zan

mchil ba, nas zan and byi'u are basically synonymous for sparrows. Jamp-dpal gives 'Indian mchil ba' for mchil ba, and 'Tibetan mchil ba' for nas zan.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 05:07, 18 February 2024 (EST)