Tibetan

See also: tibetan, and Tibeťan

English

Etymology

From Tibet +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪˈbɛtn̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Ti‧bet‧an

Adjective

Tibetan (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.
   • 1982, Alexandra David-Neel, Aphur Yongden, translated by Janwillem van de Wetering, The Power of Nothingness‎^[1], Houghton Mifflin Company, page 2:

     A fantastic legend was told about the first Gyalwai Odzer. This legend, believed to be authentic, had no fixed origin in time because the nomads of the region, the Tibetan province Tsinghai, could not, not even vaguely, indicate a date. The legend, however, was clear enough, so well known that it was no longer discussed, for everybody had been told the tale during childhood. It had become a dogma, to be believed passively without even trying to ascertain its probability or validity.

   • 2003, Patricia Kummer, Tibet‎^[2], Children's Press, →ISBN, page 10:

     After many years, Buddhism touched every aspect of Tibetan life, including how to treat the earth and plants and animals.

Derived terms

• Tibetan Buddhist
• Tibetan sand fox
• Tibetan Spaniel
• Tibetan Terrier

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Tibet

• Armenian: տիբեթական (hy) (tibetʻakan)
• Asturian: tibetanu (ast)
• Catalan: tibetà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藏 (zh) (Zàng), 西藏 (zh) (Xīzàng)

• Czech: tibetský (cs)
• Danish: tibetansk
• Dutch: Tibetaans (nl), Tibetaanse (nl)
• Finnish: tiibetiläinen (fi)
• French: tibétain (fr) m, tibétaine (fr) f
• German: tibetisch (de), tibetanisch
• Irish: Tibéadach
• Japanese: チベットの (ja) (Chibetto no)
• Mongolian: төвд (mn) (tövd), төвдийн (tövdiin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tibetansk

  Nynorsk: tibetansk

• Polish: tybetański (pl) m
• Portuguese: tibetano (pt)
• Punjabi: ਤਿੱਬਤੀ (tibbatī)
• Romanian: tibetan (ro)
• Russian: тибе́тский (ru) (tibétskij)
• Spanish: tibetano (es)
• Swedish: tibetansk (sv)
• Tibetan: བོད (bod)
• Volapük: Tibätänik (vo)
• Welsh: Tibetaidd

of or pertaining to Tibetans

• Armenian: տիբեթական (hy) (tibetʻakan)
• Asturian: tibetanu (ast)
• Catalan: tibetà (ca)
• Danish: tibetansk
• Irish: Tibéadach
• Mongolian: төвд (mn) (tövd), төвдийн (tövdiin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tibetansk

  Nynorsk: tibetansk

• Portuguese: tibetano (pt)
• Romanian: tibetan (ro)
• Swedish: tibetansk (sv)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Tibätänanik, (♂) hi-Tibätänanik, (♀) ji-Tibätänanik

of or pertaining to the Tibetan language

• Armenian: տիբեթերեն (hy) (tibetʻeren)
• Asturian: tibetanu (ast)
• Basque: tibetera (eu)
• Catalan: tibetà (ca)
• Danish: tibetansk
• Irish: Tibéidis f
• Mongolian: төвд (mn) (tövd), төвдийн (tövdiin)
• Nepali: तिब्बती (tibbatī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tibetansk

  Nynorsk: tibetansk

• Portuguese: tibetano (pt)
• Romanian: tibetan (ro)
• Swedish: tibetansk (sv)
• Tibetan: བོད་སྐད (bod skad)
• Volapük: tibätik
• Welsh: Tibeteg

Noun

Tibetan (countable and uncountable, plural Tibetans)

1. (countable) A native of Tibet
2. (uncountable) A language of Tibet

Translations

a person

• Armenian: տիբեթցի (tibetʻcʻi)
• Asturian: tibetanu (ast) m, tibetana (ast) f
• Catalan: tibetà (ca) m, tibetana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藏人 (zh) (Zàngrén)

• Czech: Tibeťan (cs) m
• Danish: tibetaner c
• Dutch: Tibetaan (nl) m, Tibetaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: tibetano (man or woman), tibetanino (woman)
• Finnish: tiibetiläinen (fi)
• French: Tibétain (fr) m, Tibétaine (fr) f
• German: Tibeter (de) m, Tibeterin (de) f
• Hindi: तिब्बती (hi) (tibbatī)
• Irish: Tibéadach m
• Japanese: チベット人 (Chibetto-jin)
• Kazakh: тибеттік (tibettık)
• Korean: 티베트인 (Tibeteu-in), 티벳인 (Tibet-in)
• Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ (tanggūt)
• Mongolian: төвд хүн (tövd xün)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tibetaner m

  Nynorsk: tibetanar m

• Polish: Tybetańczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: tibetano (pt) m
• Romanian: tibetan (ro) m, tibetană (ro) f
• Russian: тибе́тец (ru) m (tibétec), тибе́тка (ru) f (tibétka)
• Spanish: tibetano (es) m, tibetana (es) f
• Swedish: tibetan (sv)
• Tibetan: བོད་པ (bod pa), བོད་རིགས (bod rigs)
• Turkish: Tibetli (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Tibätänan (vo), (♂) hi-Tibätänan, (♀) ji-Tibätänan
• Welsh: Tibetiad m
• Wutunhua: suan

a language

• Arabic: تِبِتِيَّة f (tibitiyya)
• Armenian: տիբեթերեն (hy) (tibetʻeren)
• Asturian: tibetanu (ast)
• Belarusian: тыбецкая f (tybjeckaja), тыбэ́цкая f (tybéckaja) (taraškievica)
• Catalan: tibetà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藏語／藏语 (zh) (Zàngyǔ)

• Czech: tibetština (cs) f
• Danish: tibetansk n
• Dutch: Tibetaans (nl) n
• Dzongkha: བོད་སྐད (bod skad)
• Esperanto: tibeta lingvo
• Finnish: tiibet (fi)
• French: tibétain (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიბეტური ენა (ṭibeṭuri ena)
• German: Tibetisch (de)
• Hindi: तिब्बती (hi) (tibbatī)
• Irish: Tibéidis f
• Italian: tibetano (it) m
• Japanese: チベット語 (ja) (Chibetto-go)
• Japhug: kɯrɯskɤt
• Kazakh: тибетше (tibetşe)
• Korean: 티베트어 (ko) (Tibeteu-eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tîbetî (ku)

• Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (tanggūt gisun)
• Mongolian: төвд хэл (tövd xel)
• Navajo: Tííbeʼ dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tibetansk m

  Nynorsk: tibetansk m

• Polish: (język) tybetański
• Portuguese: tibetano (pt) m
• Romanian: tibetană (ro) f
• Russian: тибе́тский (ru) m (tibétskij)
• Slovak: tibetčina (sk) f
• Spanish: tibetano (es) m
• Swahili: kitibeti
• Swedish: tibetanska (sv) c
• Tibetan: བོད་སྐད (bod skad)
• Volapük: tibät (vo)
• Welsh: Tibeteg f
• Wutunhua: suanhua

See also

• ISO 639-1 code bo, ISO 639-3 code bod (SIL)
• Wiktionary's coverage of Tibetan terms

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