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tshig gsar/
ID:
T164452
  • ཚིག་གསར (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > tshig gsar/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • > tsik sar (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)

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Etymologies
Basic Syllabic Etymology:
Two syllables combine to make this term: tshig, which means "word," and gsar, which means "new." (Derivation Type: Primary; Literary Form: Mixed Prose/Verse; Tibetan Literary Genres: Guidebooks & Reference Works; Literary Period: General; Language: Tibetan; Tibetan: Ü-Tsang Group)
Historical Etymology:
Back in the time of the monkey and the rock ogress, the monkey was named "tshig" and the ogress was named "gsar." When Chenrezig forced them together into blissful union, they created "new words," and this was the birth of the Tibetan language. (Derivation Type: Derivative; Literary Form: Prose; Tibetan Literary Genres: Historical & Legendary Literature; Literary Period: Old Literary; Language: Tibetan; Tibetan: Kham-Hor Group)

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Hatrell’s definition of “new word” is controversial; see the discussion in John Smith’s “The Definition of New Word” in Proceedings of the Conference on New Words (Bloomington: Dictionary Publications, 2008).

by Chris Hatchell

This is subdefinition 1 of tshig gsar. This is just trying to get some text on the screen so that we can see how it displays down here in the sub-definition field. What a nice long subdefinition this is. Who knew that "tshig gsar" had so much meaning?

Etymology
Here, tsig means "word" and gsar means "new"

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Note that this word is not used in the Oldword Valley of eastern Sichuan.
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This is subdefinition 1a of tshig gsar. This is just trying to get some text on the screen so that we can see how it displays down here in the sub-definition field. What a nice long subdefinition this is. Who knew that "tshig gsar" had so much meaning?

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Note: this slang use of "tshig gsar" has an offensive connontation.
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This is subdefinition 1a1 of tshig gsar. This is just trying to get some text on the screen so that we can see how it displays down here in the sub-definition field. What a nice long subdefinition this is. Who knew that "tshig gsar" had so much meaning?

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Note that this meaning of tshig gsar is not discussed in TDCM.
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This is subdefinition 2 of tshig gsar. This is just trying to get some text on the screen so that we can see how it displays down here in the sub-definition field. What a nice long subdefinition this is. Who knew that "tshig gsar" had so much meaning?

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This is subdefinition 3 of tshig gsar. This is just trying to get some text on the screen so that we can see how it displays down here in the sub-definition field. What a nice long subdefinition this is. Who knew that "tshig gsar" had so much meaning?

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Test. This was created after the existing "tshig gsar" and after the existing "tshig gsar pa"

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Author:
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