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Tibetan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /tɪˈbɛtən/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [tʰɪˈbɛʔn̩]
  • [tʰɪˈbɛtʰn̩]

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tibet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tibetan From Tibet + -an.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.
    • 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. 1982, Alexandra David-Neel, Aphur Yongden, translated by Janwillem van de Wetering, The Power of Nothingness, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 2:
    • After many years, Buddhism touched every aspect of Tibetan life, including how to treat the earth and plants and animals. 2003, Patricia Kummer, Tibet, Children's Press, →ISBN, page 10:

Deriveds

Tibetan Spaniel · Tibetan sand fox · Tibetanness · Sino-Tibetan · Tibetan Mastiff · Tibetan antelope · Tibetan wolf · Tibetan Buddhist · Tibetan script · Tibetanist · Tibetan Terrier · Tibetanize · Tibetanise · Tibetan fox

Translations (73)

tr Tibetçe (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · el θιβετιανός (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · ast tibetanu (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · pl tybetański (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · sv tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibet) · mn төвд (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · de tibetanisch (of or pertaining to Tibet) · mn төвд (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · hy տիբեթական (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · vo tibätik (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · mn төвдийн (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · el θιβετιανός (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · pa ਤਿੱਬਤੀ (of or pertaining to Tibet) · vo ji-Tibätänanik (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · ga Tibéadach (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · cs tibetský (of or pertaining to Tibet) · el θιβετιανός (of or pertaining to Tibet) · nl Tibetaanse (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ca tibetà (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · fr tibétaine (of or pertaining to Tibet) · da tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · nb tibetansk (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · eu tibetera (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · pl tybetański (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ast tibetanu (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · uk тибе́тський (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · pt tibetano (of or pertaining to Tibet) · cmn 西藏 (of or pertaining to Tibet) · cmn(of or pertaining to Tibet) · hy տիբեթերեն (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · nl Tibetaans (of or pertaining to Tibet) · de tibetisch (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ru тибе́тский (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ne तिब्बती (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · nn tibetansk (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · pt tibetano (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · nn tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibet) · mn төвдийн (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · vo hi-Tibätänanik (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · ks تِبٔتی (of or pertaining to Tibet) · vo Tibätänik (of or pertaining to Tibet) · fr tibétain (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ast tibetanu (of or pertaining to Tibet) · es tibetano (of or pertaining to Tibet) · cy Tibeteg (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · mn төвд (of or pertaining to Tibet) · bo བོད་སྐད (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · mn төвдийн (of or pertaining to Tibet) · nb tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · ks بۄٹہٕ (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ja チベットの (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ga Tibéadach (of or pertaining to Tibet) · vo Tibätänanik (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · nn tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · pt tibetano (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · fi tiibetiläinen (of or pertaining to Tibet) · uk тибе́тський (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · ca tibetà (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · nb tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibet) · uk тибе́тський (of or pertaining to Tibet) · hy տիբեթական (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ga Tibéidis (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · da tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibet) · da tibetansk (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · sv tibetansk (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · sv tibetansk (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · ro tibetan (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · pl tybetański (of or pertaining to Tibetans) · ro tibetan (of or pertaining to Tibet) · cy Tibetaidd (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ro tibetan (of or pertaining to the Tibetan language) · bo བོད (of or pertaining to Tibet) · ca tibetà (of or pertaining to Tibet)

Tibetan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɪˈbɛtən/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [tʰɪˈbɛʔn̩]
  • [tʰɪˈbɛtʰn̩]

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tibet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tibetan From Tibet + -an.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Tibetans Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Lhasa Tibetan · Khams Tibetan · Old Tibetan · Amdo Tibetan · Tibetanization · Classical Tibetan

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Tibetan terms · bo · bod

Translations (94)

uk тибе́тська мо́ва (a language) · ast tibetanu (a person) · sv tibetanska (a language) · it tibetano (a language) · mnc ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ (a person) · ga Tibéadach (a person) · ca tibetà (a language) · de Tibeterin (a person) · pl Tybetańczyk (a person) · nv Tííbeʼ dineʼé bizaad (a language) · ja チベット語 (a language) · el Θιβετιανός (a person) · nn tibetanar (a person) · ka ტიბეტური ენა (a language) · pl Tybetanka (a person) · nl Tibetaan (a person) · vo ji-Tibätänan (a person) · kk тибеттік (a person) · ca tibetana (a person) · fi tiibetiläinen (a person) · sw kitibeti (a language) · kmr tîbetî (a language) · cmn 藏人 (a person) · el Θιβετιανή (a person) · ro tibetană (a person) · da tibetansk (a language) · uk тибе́тка (a person) · cy Tibeteg (a language) · ga Tibéidis (a language) · ru тибе́тец (a person) · fr Tibétain (a person) · tr Tibetli (a person) · mn төвд хүн (a person) · es tibetana (a person) · pl język tybetański (a language) · ru тибе́тка (a person) · nl Tibetaanse (a person) · fr tibétain (a language) · ro tibetană (a language) · fr Tibétaine (a person) · hy տիբեթցի (a person) · da tibetaner (a person) · nb tibetaner (a person) · fi tiibet (a language) · pt tibetano (a person) · eo tibetanino (a person) · ast tibetanu (a language) · eo tibeta lingvo (a language) · hi तिब्बती (a person) · ro tibetan (a person) · hi तिब्बती (a language) · nl Tibetaans (a language) · be тыбецкая (a language) · de Tibetisch (a language) · vo Tibätänan (a person) · ast tibetana (a person) · dz བོད་སྐད (a language) · bo བོད་སྐད (a language) · sv tibetan (a person) · bo བོད་རིགས (a person) · nb tibetansk (a language) · sit-jap kɯrɯskɤt (a language) · ru тибе́тский (a language) · wuh suan (a person) · cs Tibeťan (a person) · ko 티베트어 (a language) · kk тибетше (a language) · vo hi-Tibätänan (a person) · pt tibetana (a person) · wuh suanhua (a language) · ko 티베트인 (a person) · be тыбэ́цкая (a language) · cmn 藏語 /藏语 (a language) · cy Tibetiad (a person) · ca tibetà (a person) · de Tibeter (a person) · sk tibetčina (a language) · pt tibetano (a language) · nn tibetansk (a language) · cs tibetština (a language) · mnc ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (a language) · hy տիբեթերեն (a language) · ar تِبِتِيَّة (a language) · ja チベット人 (a person) · chr ᏘᏇᏔᏂ (a language) · ko 티벳인 (a person) · el θιβετιανά (a language) · vo tibät (a language) · es tibetano (a language) · eo tibetano (a person) · uk тибе́тець (a person) · bo བོད་པ (a person) · mn төвд хэл (a language) · es tibetano (a person)