mchil ba

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མཆིལ་བ
sparrow?, passer montanus linnaeus [JV]

sparrow [IW]

(med) Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (David Holler). Synonyms : rgya mchil, grong gi byi'u, rdo rje khri bo, 'dod chags bcu gcig pa (Jam-dpal)
mchil ba ni / rgya mchil ste grong gi byi'u / rdo rje khri bo / 'dod chags bcu gcig pa zer / grong du gnas pa'i byi'u ['dab?] 'khrul med cing mgo dmar shas che ba'o / shel phreng las / 'dis dus gcig la 'dod pa lan bcu gcig spyod pa nus par gsungs / shel sgong las / da byid rtsangs pa nas zan mchil ba dang // nya sram rmigs bu nags spal de pho [bya'o?] rnams // ro [?] mkhal nad grang ba can la phan // bshad // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 256)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_053) mchil pa'i sha. Jam-dpal (pdf p 256) mchil pa

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) 05:10, 18 February 2024 (EST)