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Tibetan

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

  • //tɪˈbɛtən//
  • /[tʰɪˈbɛtʰn̩]/
  • /[tʰɪˈbɛʔn̩]/

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

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

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.

noun

  1. 1

    A native of Tibet

  2. 2

    A language of Tibet

Forms

plural
Tibetans
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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