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The Sherpa people (Standard Tibetan: ཤར་པ།, romanized: shar pa) are one of the Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Nepal, Southern Bhutan and North-east India the most mountainous regions of Nepal
Sherpa is a surname originating from the Himalayan region. The name derives from the Sherpa language words ཤར shar ("east") and པ pa ("people"), which refer to the geographical origin of the Sherpa people in eastern Tibet .
Pages in category "Tibetan-language surnames" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Lhamo (surname) S. Sherpa (surname) T. Tethong; Z. Zangpo
Pages in category "Surnames of Tibetan origin" ... Lhamo (surname) S. Sherpa (surname) This page was last edited on 18 September 2023, at 01:22 ...
Tibetan names typically consist of two juxtaposed elements. Family names are rare except among those of aristocratic ancestry and then come before the personal name (but diaspora Tibetans living in societies that expect a surname may adopt one). For example, in Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Ngapoi was his family name and Nga-Wang Jigmê his personal name.
Nepal's languages are mostly either Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan, while only a very few of them are Austro-Asiatic and Dravidian. Out of 123 languages of Nepal, the 48 Indo-European languages constitute the largest group in terms of the numeric strength of their speakers, nearly 82.1% [ 7 ] of population.
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In Tibetan culture and Sherpa culture, Dawa (Tibetan: ཟླ་བ, Wylie: zla wa; also written Tibetan: ཟླ་བ, Wylie: zla ba) is a word meaning "moon" or "month". It is often used as a name for children born on a Monday. [1] The name can be given to either a girl or a boy.