Tsang
/tsɑːŋ/noun
A historical region of central and western Tibet, also used as a Tibetan and Chinese surname.
Did you know?Tsang is one half of Ü-Tsang, the traditional name for the central Tibetan heartland that includes Lhasa and many major monasteries.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Tibetan
Tibetan
གཙང་ (gtsang)
“Clean, pure, or unpolluted”
Medieval Tibet
Tibetan
gTsang
“The name of a major region of central and western Tibet”
17th Century
Tibetan
Ü-Tsang
“The combined central Tibetan region formed from Ü and Tsang”
19th Century
English
Tsang
“An English geographic name for a region of Tibet”
Modern English
English
Tsang
“A Tibetan regional name and an established surname”