English
Zhumulangma
Zhumulangma comes from Mandarin 珠穆朗瑪峰, and goes back to Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ.
- Tibetanmodernཇོ་མོ་གླང་མjo mo glang ma
- Mandarinmodern珠穆朗瑪峰Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Zhumulangma
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Tibetanmodernཇོ་མོ་གླང་མjo mo glang ma
- Mandarinmodern珠穆朗瑪峰Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Zhumulangma
Earliest quotation: 1975, China: “China’s mountains include the world’s highest peak —Zhumulangma (Mount…”
Every English word from Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
Today it means
name Synonym of Mount Everest: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ / Zhumulangma