8/03/2005

Mongolian Words: сан (san)

сан (san) apparently derived from Chinese, meaning (1) store or treasure-house or fund (including the capital fund in a lamasery), but also (2) incense offering (сан солх).
(1)Сангийн яам (Sangiin yaam) – Ministry of finance
(2) Галын сан (Galin san) – Fire ritual

1 Comments:

At Fri May 19, 08:48:00 pm GMT+9, Anonymous Anonymous said...

san possibly derives from the tibetan word bsang, denoting a purification ritual involving incense.

 

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