Tibetan
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- noun
- /tɪˈbɛtən/
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tibetano
- One night, the child-- Gita was chanting prayers in Tibetan, saying things I couldn't understand.
- speak Tibetan
- means "gentle" in Tibetan
Apparently if you speak Tibetan or Sanskrit, it has more deeply meaning and and everything and Volusia comes from evolution.
- Apparently if you speak Tibetan or Sanskrit, it has more deeply meaning and and everything and Volusia comes from evolution.
Examples
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One of the most critical of these would be to shift the bilingual emphasis from Chinese to Tibetan and restore written Tibetan as the main language of the government of Tibet.
Academic text (1998) -
"She is perfectly healthy." "I mean, is she angry about being put out?" Sering laughed and said something in Tibetan to Tenzin.
Fiction book (2000) -
She was speaking Tibetan in her sleep?
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The name, Tibetan in origin, means "Place of the Thunderbolt."
Academic text (2000) -
No, the mantras are in Sanskrit or or in Tibetan sometimes.
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Does Tibetan seriously think we are better off handing out one of the most important logistic positions to the likes of him, or should it go to someone who is a loyal Tibetan, who can at least read and write Tibetan fluently?
Blog text (27) -
It will be interesting to follow Trungpa Rinpoche's Shambhala tradition in the West as it becomes more Tibetan.
Blog text (8) -
Qianlong inscribed in four languages (Manchu, Chinese, Mongol, and Tibetan).
Academic text (2014) -
He spoke to the local people in Tibetan, hoping to connect with their culture.
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During her studies, she learned to write in Tibetan as part of her language course.
Synonyms
A language spoken in Tibet and nearby regions
Compounds
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A form of Buddhism from Tibet that mixes Indian teachings with Tibetan religion
A very large, strong dog from Tibet with thick rough fur that guards homes and animals
- Specialized
A family of related languages spoken in East Asia, like Chinese and Tibetan
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tibetan comes from the place name Tibet plus the ending -an, which means 'from', like American. So Tibetan as a language is simply the language 'from' Tibet.