ཨེམ་ཆི

Tibetan

Alternative forms

ཨེམ་རྗེ (em rje)
ཨམ་ཆི (am chi)

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠡᠮᠴᠢ (emči, “doctor”); compare Modern Khalkha Mongolian эмч (emč).

Pronunciation

Lhasa: /ʔem˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/, /ʔəm˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/

Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: em^f-qi^f, acm^f-qi^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʔem˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/, /ʔəm˥˥.t͡ɕʰi˥˥/

Noun

ཨེམ་ཆི • (em chi)

(medical) doctor
Synonym: སྨན་པ (sman pa)

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