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The Fat of My Heart: Tibetan Expressions of Love
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011
Word of the day: Jampa
Jampa is also a common personal name meaning lover. In a Buddhist context, Jampa also means benevolent love and an attitude of wishing for the happiness of others.
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011
Word of the day: Chung-dri
Chung-dri, two words meaning small and familiar respectively, together mean company from childhood and denote affectionate feelings toward another beginning in one's youth.
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011
Word of the day: Nying-duk
Nying-duk, a Tibetan term roughly equivalent to beloved or darling, might be more literally translated as the pain or suffering of my heart. Rather than just a negative however, the term connotes both the pleasure and the pain of love.
Friday, Feb. 4, 2011
Word of the day: Dza-tse
Dza-tse, or love, is one of many Tibetan words that is formed by joining two words with similar meanings. The first syllable མཛའ་ means to be friendly or to love. The second, བརྩེ་, might be translated as kindness, affection, or tenderness.
Monday, Feb. 7, 2011
Word of the day: Rokchunglo
Another term of endearment, Rokchunglo means sweetheart and is roughly equivalent to ཆུང་འདྲིས།་ (chung-dri). While chung-dri is used primarily in central Tibet (the areas around Lhasa) rokchunglo is used primarily in nomadic areas of Amdo, on the eastern edges of the Tibetan plateau.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011
Word of the day: Dzaanamo
Dzaanamo is a common term in the eastern Tibetan areas of Kham and Amdo, meaning beloved. Unlike many of the other terms of endearment we've posted, Dzaanamo can only be used to refer to women.
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011
Word of the day: Nyingginorbu
The Tibetan phrase "jewel of my heart" or "heart's jewel," pronounced nying-gi-nor-bu, is a common term of endearment.