Tibetan

Or Thi·bet·an

[ti-bet-n]

adjective

1. of or relating to Tibet, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.

2. the Sino-Tibetan language of Tibet, especially in its standard literary form.

Tibetan

/ tɪˈbɛtən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Tibet, its people, or their language

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tibet

2. the language of Tibet, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tibetan¹

First recorded in 1740–50; Tibet + -an

Example Sentences

To create an otherworldly voice, Elordi studied Tibetan throat singing and incorporated the slurred consonants caused by dentures he’d been given for the role.

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Police, firefighters and hundreds of local Tibetan volunteers were mobilised for the rescue effort.

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In what is only his second presidential visit to the tightly-controlled region, Xi praised the local government for "engaging in a thorough struggle against separatism" - a reference to decades-old Tibetan resistance to Beijing.

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Sai claims that the Chinese officials lodged complaints about works by Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Kong artists, and initially demanded that the show be completely shut down.

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Tibetans in India live on renewable registration certificates issued every five years.

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