Tibetanise

T1I1B3E1T1A1N1I1S1E1

verb

UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of Tibetanize.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbTibetanise (third-person singular simple present Tibetanises, present participle Tibetanising, simple past and past participle Tibetanised)

present singular third person Tibetanises · participle present Tibetanising · participle past Tibetanised · past Tibetanised

  1. UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of Tibetanize.

    However, the Chinese found that there were real difficulties in Tibetanising the bureaucracy.

    1999, Tsering Shakya, The Dragon in the Land of Snows, London: Pimlico, →ISBN, page 390
    2 more examples

    Also, the tradition of sending novice monks to various monasteries in Central Tibet was initiated in the early fourteenth century and this served conclusively to Tibetanise Ladakh.

    1981, Siddiq Wahid, Ladakh: Between Earth and Sky, Lausanne: Edita, →ISBN, page 17

    Eric Bailey, known as 'Hatter' to his friends, had little time for Charles Bell's method of 'Tibetanising' himself to advance British interests.

    2021, Ed Douglas, Himalaya: A Human History, page 391

Origin

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APA

Tibetanise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibetanise

MLA

“Tibetanise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibetanise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tibetanise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibetanise.

Source: Tibetanise on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.