English
Qaidam
Qaidam comes from Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ.
- Tibetanmodernཚྭའི་འདམtshwa'i 'dam
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Qaidam
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Tibetanmodernཚྭའི་འདམtshwa'i 'dam
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Qaidam
Earliest quotation: 1984, Christopher S. Wren, CHINA'S FORGOTTEN CORNER DREAMS OF DAYS TO COME: “According to Qinghai's Deputy Governor, Ga Bulong, 100 million…”
A compound of ཚྭ ‘salt’ + འདམ ‘marsh, swamp, morass’
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa ‘salt’
Tibetan ཚྭ ‘salt’
Every English word from Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ
Today it means
name An arid basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau covered with deserts and salt flats, making up most of northwestern Qinghai Province, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ / Qaidam