Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ta-t ‎(“to put, to place”). Cognate with Tibetan སྟད་པ ‎(stad pa, “to put on, to lay on”), སྟ་གོན ‎(sta gon, “preparation, arrangement”), Chinese 著 ‎(zhuó, “to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰá/