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Tibetanise en · VERB

Etymology

From Tibetan + -ise.

Meanings

1. UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of Tibetanize.
   • Also, the tradition of sending novice monks to various monasteries in Central Tibet was initiated in the early fourteenth century and this served conclusively to Tibetanise Ladakh. 1981, Siddiq Wahid, Ladakh: Between Earth and Sky, Lausanne: Edita, →ISBN, page 17:
   • However, the Chinese found that there were real difficulties in Tibetanising the bureaucracy. 1999, Tsering Shakya, The Dragon in the Land of Snows, London: Pimlico, →ISBN, page 390:
   • Eric Bailey, known as 'Hatter' to his friends, had little time for Charles Bell's method of 'Tibetanising' himself to advance British interests. 2021, Ed Douglas, Himalaya: A Human History, page 391:

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