Given name · Chinese
丹增
“to see; to show”
丹增 is a unisex given name from Gola, ultimately from Proto-Bodish. It is used in Chinese.
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Meaning & origin
What it means
丹增 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-twaŋ, meaning “to see; to show.”
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Where it comes from
丹增 comes from Gola, and ultimately from Proto-Bodish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Gola བསྟན་འཛིན, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-twaŋ (“to see; to show”), from Proto-Bodish *zuŋ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
丹增’s family of names
In Chinese usage, 丹增 was borrowed from the Tibetan form བསྟན་འཛིན.
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