ཅེས་

JH-ENG

particle indicating quotation; thus

JH-SKT

iti

JV, IW, RY

so, thus

JV

*, (after literally quoted words), quotation marker

IW

*, [end of quotation marks, after final g, d, b da drag]

RY

*, [end of quotation marks]. Syn ཞེས་ [occurs after final g, d, b,]; signals the beginning of a quote. Thus it was that