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Tibetan

Tibetan

46 5.7
Relating to Tibet, its people, or their language
  • adjective
  • /tɪˈbɛtən/
translation icon : tibetano
  • To the north, the Tibetan plateau stretched for hundreds of miles.
  • Tibetan Buddhist
  • Tibetan Buddhism
  • Tibetan nationalism

It's that old Tibetan saying which was translated into English.

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Examples

  • And that was my first interest in Buddhism and, and in Tibetan culture.

  • This is a mandala from the Tibetan monasteries, and it is a mandala that is a map of the universe.

  • In those cases, it's it's a Tibetan system where one woman is shared by multiple men, but the multiple men are brothers.

  • It's that old Tibetan saying which was translated into English.

  • And you'd brought up the Tibetan culture, which I found was fascinating, what you were saying.

  • A walk into the old Tibetan quarter of Shegar will take you into instant culture shock.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Yesterday, she ordered a new cookbook by a Tibetan author, entitled Third Eye in the Kitchen: Himalayan Soul Food.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The Dalai Lama fled to India in March 1959, after which Tibetan life came under increasingly strict control.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Tibetan prayer beads.

  • The Tibetan people have a rich tradition of art and music that reflects their cultural heritage.

Compounds

A form of Buddhism from Tibet that mixes Indian teachings with Tibetan religion

A language spoken in Tibet and nearby regions

A very large, strong dog from Tibet with thick rough fur that guards homes and animals

A medium-sized dog from Tibet with a long thick coat and a fluffy curled tail

Sino-Tibetan
  • Specialized
9.7

A group of related languages in eastern Asia like Chinese and Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan language
  • Specialized
8.6

A family of related languages spoken in East Asia, like Chinese and Tibetan

Surface Forms

Tibetan positive

Morphology

Tibetan = Tibet (transparent) = Tibet + an

Clearly formed from 'Tibet' + '-an' to mean 'relating to Tibet, its people, or their language'.

Etymology

Tibetan adds the ending -an to Tibet to mean 'from' or 'about', similar to American. So something described as Tibetan is related to Tibet, its people, or their language.