How to Say "Sorry" in Tibetan

དགོངས་དག

dgongs dag/*dɡoŋs.dak/

The Tibetan word for sorry is དགོངས་དག (dgongs dag).

དགོངས་དག is used as an expression of regret or sorrow.

Meaning: expression of regret or sorrow (intj)

How do you pronounce it?

The pronunciation of དགོངས་དག is //*dɡoŋs.dak/ and is composed of 2 syllables. The romanization is dgongs dag.

The syllable དགོངས་ in དགོངས་དག carries a sense of 'mind' or 'thought', suggesting that an apology is an act of addressing the other person's mental state.
In many Tibetan contexts, an apology is often accompanied by a slight bowing of the head or a specific gesture of the palms, making the verbal phrase only part of a larger physical ritual.
The phrase can function as a way to express deep spiritual regret in a Buddhist context, moving beyond a simple social apology to a form of moral cleansing.

Example sentences for Tibetan are not verified yet.

Tseringmo accidentally bumps into Norbu in a hallway.

ཚེ་རིང་མོ། Tseringmo

དགོངས་དག། ནོར་བུ།
gong dga! nor bu!
Sorry, Norbu!
ནོར་བུ། Norbu

དཀའ་པོ་མེད།
dka po med!
No problem!
ཚེ་རིང་མོ། Tseringmo

ངས་ཁྱེད་རང་མ་མཐོང་།
ngas khyed rang ma mthong.
I didn't see you.
ནོར་བུ། Norbu

རེད། ག་རུང་མེད།
red! ga rung med!
It's okay, it doesn't matter.