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

In creating the shoe base, Nurse and his team examined how Tibetan monks reach alpha-wave status as they meditate.

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Another from Guliya on the Tibetan Plateau was estimated to be even older, but its age is disputed.

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RFA said that China has already taken transmission signals vacated by the outlet and has increased its own broadcasting in Uyghur and Tibetan.

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Videos of brightly coloured fireworks that apparently resembled a "rising dragon" erupting over a lush Tibetan landscape had sparked environmental concerns and a boycott campaign.

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In August, customs officers in Hebei province seized two "problematic maps" that, among other things, contained a "misdrawing" of the Tibetan border.

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