Meanings
- not comparablePertaining 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.
2003, Patricia Kummer, Tibet, Children's Press, →ISBN, page 101 more example
A fantastic legend was told about the first Gyalwai Odzer. This legend, believed to be authentic, had no fixed origin in time because the nomads of the region, the Tibetan province Tsinghai, could not, not even vaguely, indicate a date. The legend, however, was clear enough, so well known that it was no longer discussed, for everybody had been told the tale during childhood. It had become a dogma, to be believed passively without even trying to ascertain its probability or validity.
1982, Alexandra David-Neel, Aphur Yongden, translated by Janwillem van de Wetering, The Power of Nothingness, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHimalayish language spoken in Tibet
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تِبِتِيَّة
- تِبِتِيَّة (tibitiyya)a language
Basque tibetera
- tibeteraof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
Catalan tibetà, tibetà
- tibetàof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetàof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tibetàof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- tibetàa language
- tibetàa person
- tibetanaa person
Chinese Mandarin 藏, 西藏
- 藏 (Zàng)of or pertaining to Tibet
- 西藏 (Xīzàng)of or pertaining to Tibet
- 藏語 /藏语 (Zàngyǔ)a language
- 藏人 (Zàngrén)a person
Czech tibetský, tibetština
- tibetskýof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetštinaa language
- Tibeťana person
Danish tibetansk, tibetansk
- tibetanskof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanskof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tibetanskof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- tibetanska language
- tibetanera person
Dutch Tibetaans, Tibetaanse
- Tibetaansof or pertaining to Tibet
- Tibetaanseof or pertaining to Tibet
- Tibetaansa language
- Tibetaana person
- Tibetaansea person
Esperanto tibeta lingvo, tibetano
- tibeta lingvoa language
- tibetanoa person
- tibetaninoa person
Finnish tiibetiläinen, tiibet
- tiibetiläinenof or pertaining to Tibet
- tiibeta language
- tiibetiläinena person
French tibétain, tibétaine
- tibétainof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibétaineof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibétaina language
- Tibétaina person
- Tibétainea person
German tibetisch, tibetanisch
- tibetischof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanischof or pertaining to Tibet
- Tibetischa language
- Tibetera person
- Tibeterina person
Greek θιβετιανός, θιβετιανός
- θιβετιανός (thivetianós)of or pertaining to Tibet
- θιβετιανός (thivetianós)of or pertaining to Tibetans
- θιβετιανός (thivetianós)of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- θιβετιανά (thivetianá)a language
- Θιβετιανός (Thivetianós)a person
- Θιβετιανή (Thivetianí)a person
Hindi तिब्बती, तिब्बती
- तिब्बती (tibbatī)a language
- तिब्बती (tibbatī)a person
Irish Tibéadach, Tibéadach
- Tibéadachof or pertaining to Tibet
- Tibéadachof or pertaining to Tibetans
- Tibéidisof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- Tibéidisa language
- Tibéadacha person
Italian tibetano
- tibetanoa language
Japanese チベットの, チベット語
- チベットの (Chibetto no)of or pertaining to Tibet
- チベット語 (Chibetto-go)a language
- チベット人 (Chibetto-jin)a person
Korean 티베트어, 티베트인
- 티베트어 (Tibeteu-eo)a language
- 티베트인 (Tibeteu-in)a person
- 티벳인 (Tibet-in)a person
Norwegian Bokmål tibetansk, tibetansk
- tibetanskof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanskof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tibetanskof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- tibetanska language
- tibetanera person
Polish tybetański, tybetański
- tybetańskiof or pertaining to Tibet
- tybetańskiof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tybetańskiof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- język tybetańskia language
- Tybetańczyka person
- Tybetankaa person
Portuguese tibetano, tibetano
- tibetanoof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanoof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tibetanoof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- tibetanoa language
- tibetanoa person
- tibetanaa person
Punjabi ਤਿੱਬਤੀ
- ਤਿੱਬਤੀ (tibbatī)of or pertaining to Tibet
Romanian tibetan, tibetan
- tibetanof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tibetanof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- tibetanăa language
- tibetana person
- tibetanăa person
Russian тибе́тский, тибе́тский
- тибе́тский (tibétskij)of or pertaining to Tibet
- тибе́тский (tibétskij)a language
- тибе́тец (tibétec)a person
- тибе́тка (tibétka)a person
Slovak tibetčina
- tibetčinaa language
Spanish tibetano, tibetano
- tibetanoof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanoa language
- tibetanoa person
- tibetanaa person
Swahili kitibeti
- kitibetia language
Swedish tibetansk, tibetansk
- tibetanskof or pertaining to Tibet
- tibetanskof or pertaining to Tibetans
- tibetanskof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- tibetanskaa language
- tibetana person
Turkish Tibetçe, Tibetli
- Tibetçeof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- Tibetlia person
Ukrainian тибе́тський, тибе́тський
- тибе́тський (tybétsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Tibet
- тибе́тський (tybétsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Tibetans
- тибе́тський (tybétsʹkyj)of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- тибе́тська мо́ва (tybétsʹka móva)a language
- тибе́тець (tybétecʹ)a person
- тибе́тка (tybétka)a person
Welsh Tibetaidd, Tibeteg
- Tibetaiddof or pertaining to Tibet
- Tibetegof or pertaining to the Tibetan language
- Tibetega language
- Tibetiada person
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Cite this entry
Tibetan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibetan
“Tibetan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibetan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tibetan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibetan.
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