How to Say “Girl” in Tibetan

By Jonathan Rodney • Updated October 1, 2026

བུ་མོ

bu mo/*bu.mo/

The Tibetan word for girl is བུ་མོ (bu mo).

བུ་མོ is a noun used to refer to a young female person.

Meaning: young female person (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The pronunciation is /bu.mo/. It consists of two syllables.

Did you know?

The syllable མོ་ is a very common suffix in Tibetan used to transform a masculine noun into a feminine one, much like adding '-ess' to certain English words.
In traditional Tibetan kinship terms, བུ་མོ can be used to mean 'daughter' regardless of the child's age.
In certain poetic traditions, the concept of a 'girl' or 'young woman' is often metaphorically linked to specific flowers or natural elements through related descriptive adjectives.

Examples in context

བུ་མོ་དེ་སློབ་གྲྭ་ལ་འགྲོ་གི་ཡོད།
bu mo de slob grwa la 'gro gi yod.
The girl is going to school.

Sources

Wiktionary, “girl” translations and entries བུ་མོ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.

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Jonathan Rodney

Hello! I am Jonathan, a language enthusiast with a particular passion for Nepali. I enjoy guiding others through detailed and fun language guides, making learning languages as 'sweet' as 'chocolate' (चकलेट in Nepali)! When I am not teaching phrases like 'Are you okay?' (तिमीलाई ठिक छ? Timilai thik cha?) in Nepali, you might find me exploring culinary delights, contemplating 'bananas' (केरा, kera) and 'capsicums' (भेडे खुर्सानी, bhede khursani). I love 'mangos' (आफू, aapu) and 'curry leaves' (करी पत्ता, kari patta). I find fascination in everyday items just as much as the extraordinary, from 'coffee' (कफी, kafi) to 'cockroaches' (झinga, jhinga). My time with Himalayan languages also led me to Tibetan, and I now share guides on how to say words in Tibetan as well.

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