Electronics

1. ཁ་པར།

   Kha par

   Phone

   Usage

   Covers landline and mobile alike

2. གློག་འཇུག་ཆས།

   Log jug che

   Charger

   Usage

   Log (electricity) plus jug (to put in) plus che (device). Show it when asking to use a shared socket

3. གློག

   Log

   Electricity

   Usage

   No closing shad because it ends in ga. The word originally means lightning. Outages are routine outside the towns

4. གློག་ཐག

   Log thag

   Electric cable

   Usage

   Log (electricity) plus thag (cord); use it when asking about a charging cable. No closing shad because it ends in ga

5. གློག་ཀླད།

   Log lä

   Computer

   Usage

   Literally "electric brain", coined on the same idea as the Chinese word for computer

6. དྲ་རྒྱ།

   Dra gya

   Internet

   Usage

   Dra (net) plus gya (extent). "Dra-gya shib-gi-yin" = the internet is slow

7. པར་ཆས།

   Par che

   Camera

   Usage

   Par (image) plus che (device). Always ask before photographing people — "Ngas parwa gyag chog gam?" — and note that photography is forbidden in many places

8. བརྙན་འཕྲིན།

   Nyen thrin

   Television

   Usage

   Nyen (image) plus thrin (message). Use it to ask whether a room has one

9. རླུང་འཕྲིན།

   Lung thrin

   Radio

   Usage

   Lung (wind) plus thrin (message): "news on the wind", built as a pair with the word for television

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