English Explanatory Dictionary

Lhasa apso

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/

Word forms

Lhasa apso Lhasa apsos

Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, “to bark”) + སོ་ (so, “guard, watchman”).

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