འམ་སྟེ་དྲི་བའི་ཚིག་

འམ་སྟེ་དྲི་བའི་ཚིག (Wyl. 'am ste dri ba'i tshig ) Pron.: am té driwé tsik

• Skt. ननु, nanu, Pron.: nanu. From Sanskrit: 2. | + | not, not at all, never | (interr.) not? is it not? = nonne | (hence often = ) certainly, surely, indeed, no doubt (•esp. in questions amounting to an affirmation | am I not your friend | certainly I am your friend | [so also | there can be no doubt | a vocat. particle implying kindness or reproach or perplexity [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW