How to Say “Sister” in Tibetan

སྲིང་མོ
sring mo
The Tibetan word for sister is སྲིང་མོ (sring mo).
The term refers to a woman or girl having the same parents.
Meaning: woman or girl having the same parents (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

sring mo

Did you know?

  • The concept of 'sister' is etymologically tied to the word for 'raw' or 'green', possibly referring to the freshness of new life.
  • In Tibetan culture, familial terms are often used as honorifics or terms of endearment for people who are not blood relatives.
  • Tibetan kinship terms can change based on whether a sister is older or younger than the speaker.

Example conversation

Two friends are talking about their families.

  1. བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzin

    ལྷ་མོ། ཁྱེད་རེའི་སྲིང་མོ་ག་ཚོད་ཡོད།
    Lhamo, khyed rei sring mo ga tshod yod
    Lhamo, how many sisters do you have?
  2. ལྷ་མོ། Lhamo

    ང་ལ་སྲིང་མོ་གཉིས་ཡོད།
    nga la sring mo gnyis yod
    I have two sisters.
  3. བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzin

    མོ་ཚོ་ག་ཚོད་ལོ་རིན།
    mo tsho ga tshod lo rin
    How old are they?
  4. ལྷ་མོ། Lhamo

    མོ་ཚོ་ཆུང་ཀུ་འདུག
    mo tsho chung ku dug
    They are young.

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