ཀློག

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-log.

ཀློག (klog)

1. To read.

• Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-log.

Sagart (1999) considered this a loanword from Old Chinese 讀 (OC *l'oːɡ, “to read; to say/read aloud”) as “read” is a derived meaning in OC. The existence of the concept of “reading (a text)” prior to the invention of writing is questionable, hence the sense “read” is likely secondary in both cases, regardless of the relationship between the two.

ཀློག • (klog) (nominal form ཀློག་པ)

1. (transitive) to read, to recite, to chant
2. (transitive) to study

• ཀློག་བདེ་པོ (klog bde po, “legible”)