Talk:ལོ་ཙཱ་བ


 * I see locāva (or something very similar) mentioned on the web and in Tibetan dictionaries, but it doesn't seem to be in the Sanskrit dictionaries I consulted. Do you know what the etymon is supposed to be? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 19:47, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * The title locāva literally means “bilingual” or “eye of the world”. I think it is from 🇨🇬 (literal translation: ) or a Prakrit derivative of it, for example 🇨🇬. The may be a Tibetan agent suffix. Wyang (talk) 21:30, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Does this mean that the dictionaries are just wrong in terms of the form they give? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 00:31, 2 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Quite possibly, since we can't verify locaava as a Sanskrit word. This happens quite often in Sanskrit etymologies of the East, unfortunately. Wyang (talk) 12:34, 2 November 2016 (UTC)