The word "珠穆朗玛" is formed through phonetic transliteration of the Tibetan name "ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ" (Jomo Langma), where each character is chosen to approximate the sounds: "珠" (zhū) for "Jo", "穆" (mù) for "mo", "朗" (lǎng) for "lang", and "玛" (mǎ) for "ma", resulting in a sequence that replicates the pronunciation without conveying meaning through the characters' individual semantics.