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annal, chronicle, records, documents, records, catalogues, registers, lists, books [RY] | |||
annals, chronicle, records, documents, records, catalogues, registers, lists, books [IW] | annals, chronicle, records, documents, records, catalogues, registers, lists, books [IW] | ||
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Borrowed from Persian دفتر (''daftar''), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (''diphthérā'', “parchment”). | Annals, historical annals, literary annals, chronicles, historical chronicles, records, record books, documents, catalogs, registers, listings, books. Borrowed from Persian دفتر (''daftar''), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (''diphthérā'', “parchment”). There is also an irregular spelling with གཏེར ([[deb gter]]) which is based on a 'folk etymology' connecting it to the meaning "treasure", due to the similarity of the the Persian-Greek words ''tar/thérā'' with the Tibetan word. Thus it appears that this Greco-Persian etymology is also the origin of ''[[deb]]'', the main Tibetan word for "book", as the monosyllabic [[deb]] is derived from the longer word ''[[deb ther]]''. [Erick Tsiknopoulos] | ||
[[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:da]] | [[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:da]] | ||
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annal, chronicle, records, documents, records, catalogues, registers, lists, books [RY]
annals, chronicle, records, documents, records, catalogues, registers, lists, books [IW]
register, documents, catalogues, anything recorded in writing or stitched together [JV]
historical book, annals [RY]
Annals, historical annals, literary annals, chronicles, historical chronicles, records, record books, documents, catalogs, registers, listings, books. Borrowed from Persian دفتر (daftar), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “parchment”). There is also an irregular spelling with གཏེར (deb gter) which is based on a 'folk etymology' connecting it to the meaning "treasure", due to the similarity of the the Persian-Greek words tar/thérā with the Tibetan word. Thus it appears that this Greco-Persian etymology is also the origin of deb, the main Tibetan word for "book", as the monosyllabic deb is derived from the longer word deb ther. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]