Transliteration: sgra gdangs
<noun> 1) The "sound" given off by anything; the particular way that the sound comes. E.g., ཆུའི་སྒྲ་གདངས་ not "sound of water in general" but "the sound of the water" in some particular case of water making whatever sound it makes. 2) "Accent" or "style of pronunciation"; the particular accent of a person or the way in which a person speaks a language. 3) The "modulation" / "pitch" / "tune" / "tone" in which something is said or sung. 4) In grammar, the pronounced "sound"; the way that the sound of the language actually comes out in any given case.
