Etymograph

English

Pangong Tso

Pangong Tso comes from Tibetan སྤང་གོང་མཚོ.

  1. Tibetanmodernསྤང་གོང་མཚོspang gong mtsho
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1868Pangong Tso

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Tibetanmodernསྤང་གོང་མཚོspang gong mtsho
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1868Pangong Tso

Earliest quotation: 1868, 1866 June 16, Notes on the PANGONG LAKE district of LADAKH, from journal m: “The Pangong Tso (lake) is about two and a…”

Today it means

name An endorheic lake on the border between Leh district, Ladakh, India and Rutog County, Tibet autonomous region, China, with a portion in the disputed Aksai Chin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tibetan སྤང་གོང་མཚོ / Pangong Tso