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.
- བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzinལྷ་མོ། ཁྱེད་རེའི་སྲིང་མོ་ག་ཚོད་ཡོད།Lhamo, khyed rei sring mo ga tshod yodLhamo, how many sisters do you have?
- ལྷ་མོ། Lhamoང་ལ་སྲིང་མོ་གཉིས་ཡོད།nga la sring mo gnyis yodI have two sisters.
- བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzinམོ་ཚོ་ག་ཚོད་ལོ་རིན།mo tsho ga tshod lo rinHow old are they?
- ལྷ་མོ། Lhamoམོ་ཚོ་ཆུང་ཀུ་འདུགmo tsho chung ku dugThey are young.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries སྲིང་མོ, CC BY-SA 4.0.