བོན

Etymology

From འབོད ('bod, “to call; to shout”) (Zhang, 2009). Possibly related to བོད (bod, “Tibet”) as well (Lalou, 1958).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

བོན • (bon)

1. (religion) Bon, an indigenous religious tradition of Tibet.

Verb

བོན • (bon) (nominal form བོན་པ) (archaic)

1. to express, to mutter
2. to ask (a god, sovereign)
3. to give, to offer (to a god, sovereign)
4. (for a god, sovereign) to receive, to obtain, to take
5. (probable) to murmur, to recite (charms, prayers)
6. (probable) to invoke, to summon, to call