རྨོ་ལགས
rmo lags
The Tibetan word for grandma is རྨོ་ལགས (rmo lags).
This term is used to refer to a grandmother in an informal context.
Meaning: grandmother (informal) (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
rmo lags
Did you know?
- In Tibetan culture, calling someone 'grandma' is a way to establish a 'familial' bond between strangers, turning a formal encounter into a warm, communal one.
- Tibetan has several degrees of honorifics, meaning there are different words for 'grandmother' depending on whether you are speaking to a peasant, a noble or a high lama.
- In some Tibetan regions, the specific word for grandma changes depending on whether she is the paternal or maternal grandmother.
Example conversation
Two children are talking about their family.
- ཆོས་སྒྲོན། Choesronཚེ་རིང་། རྨོ་ལགསག་པོ་རེད།Tsering, rmo lgas ga po red.Tsering, grandma is very kind.
- ཚེ་རིང་། Tseringའདི་ནི་ངའི་རྨོ་ལགས་ཀྱང་རེད།'di ni ngai rmo lgas kyang red.She is my grandma too.
- ཆོས་སྒྲོན། Choesronཁྱོད་རྨོ་ལགསལ་འཚོར་ནས་ཡོད།khyod rmo lgas lal 'tsor nas yod.Do you miss grandma?
- ཚེ་རིང་། Tseringལགས་། ང་རྨོ་ལགསལ་འཚོར་གྱི་ཡོད།las, nga rmo lgas lal 'tsor gyi yod.Yes, I miss grandma.
