Tibet

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Of unclear origin, but probably from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅 (Töpüt) ('hilly, mountainous place') via Classical Persian تبت (tabbat, tubbat). In one proposed etymology the ultimate origin is Tibetan བོད (Bod), used in the compound name Tibetan སྟོད་བོད (stod bod, “Upper Tibet”), pronounced Tö-pöt, from སྟོད (stod, “upper, higher”) + བོད (bod, “Tibet”). In another proposal, the name comes via Classical Mongolian [script needed] (Töpüt) from an alteration of Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇 (töpü, “height, summit”). Bialek instead derives the name from Old Tibetan དཔོན (dpon, “leader, ruler”) + Old Turkic -𐱅 (-t2) plural suffix and a epenthetic vowel to break up the non-Turkic initial consonant cluster [tp]; according to her, Middle Chinese 吐蕃 (thu^X bjon) comes from the same source.

From the place name Tibet.

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Tibetit — region in Inner Asia
• Southern Altai: Тӧбӧт (Töböt) — region in Inner Asia
• Amharic: ቲቤት (tibet) — region in Inner Asia
• Apatani: [Term?] (ñi-mé) — region in Inner Asia
• Arabic: التِّبِت (at-tibit) — region in Inner Asia
• Arabic: تُبَّت (tubbat) — region in Inner Asia
• Armenian: Տիբեթ (Tibetʻ) — region in Inner Asia
• Asturian: Tíbet — region in Inner Asia
• Belarusian: Тыбе́т (Tybjét) — region in Inner Asia
• Belarusian: Тыбэ́т (Tybét) — region in Inner Asia
• Bengali: তিব্বত (tibbot) — region in Inner Asia
• Breton: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Bulgarian: Тибе́т (Tibét) — region in Inner Asia
• Burmese: တိဗက် (ti.bak) — region in Inner Asia
• Buryat: Түбэд (Tübed) — region in Inner Asia
• Catalan: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Chinese Cantonese: 西藏 (sai3 zong3) — region in Inner Asia
• Chinese Cantonese: 吐蕃 (tou3 bo3) — region in Inner Asia
• Chinese: 西藏 (zh-min-nan) — region in Inner Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 西藏 (Xīzàng) — region in Inner Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 吐蕃 (Tǔbō) — region in Inner Asia
• Czech: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Danish: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Dutch: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Estonian: Tiibet — region in Inner Asia
• Finnish: Tiibet — region in Inner Asia
• French: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Georgian: ტიბეტი (ṭibeṭi) — region in Inner Asia
• German: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Greek: Θιβέτ (Thivét) — region in Inner Asia
• Gujarati: તિબેટ (tibeṭ) — region in Inner Asia
• Hebrew: טיבט (tibet) — region in Inner Asia
• Hindi: तिब्बत (tibbat) — region in Inner Asia
• Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ) — region in Inner Asia
• Hungarian: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Interlingua: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Irish: An Tibéid — region in Inner Asia
• Italian: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Japanese: チベット (Chibetto) — region in Inner Asia
• Japanese: 西蔵 (Seizō) — region in Inner Asia
• Kalmyk: Төвд (Tövd) — region in Inner Asia
• Written Oirat: ᡐᡈᡋᡈᡑ (töböd) — region in Inner Asia
• Kannada: ಟಿಬೆಟ್ (ṭibeṭ) — region in Inner Asia
• Khakas: Тӱбӱт (Tübüt) — region in Inner Asia
• Khmer: ទីបេ (tiibee) — region in Inner Asia
• Korean: 티베트 (Tibeteu) — region in Inner Asia
• Korean: 시짱 (Sijjang) — region in Inner Asia
• Korean: 서장 (Seojang) — region in Inner Asia
• Latvian: Tibeta — region in Inner Asia
• Lithuanian: Tibetas — region in Inner Asia
• Macedonian: Ти́бет (Tíbet) — region in Inner Asia
• Manchu: ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ ᡯᠠᠩ (wargi dzang) — region in Inner Asia
• Manchu: ᡯᠠᠩ (dzang) — region in Inner Asia
• Manchu: ᡨᡠ᠋ᠪᡝᡨ (tubet) — region in Inner Asia
• Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ (tanggūt) — region in Inner Asia
• Māori: Tepete — region in Inner Asia
• Marathi: टिबेट (ṭibeṭ) — region in Inner Asia
• Mongolian: ᠲᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠳ (töbed) — region in Inner Asia
• Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠲᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠳ (baraɣun töbed) — region in Inner Asia
• Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠩᠭᠤᠳ (tangɣud) — region in Inner Asia
• Mongolian: Төвөд (Tövöd) — region in Inner Asia
• Mongolian: Төвд (Tövd) — region in Inner Asia
• Nepali: तिब्बत (tibbat) — region in Inner Asia
• Nepali: भोट (bhot) — region in Inner Asia
• Norwegian Bokmål: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Occitan: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅 — region in Inner Asia
• Persian: تبت (tebbet, tabbat) — region in Inner Asia
• Polish: Tybet — region in Inner Asia
• Portuguese: Tibete — region in Inner Asia
• Portuguese: Tibé — region in Inner Asia
• Romanian: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Russian: Тибе́т (Tibét) — region in Inner Asia
• Russian: Сицза́н (Siczán) — region in Inner Asia
• Salar: Tüvit — region in Inner Asia
• Salar: Tüyit — region in Inner Asia
• Salar: Tiut — region in Inner Asia
• Sanskrit: भोट (bhoṭa) — region in Inner Asia
• Sanskrit: भोटः (bhoṭaḥ) — region in Inner Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: Тибет — region in Inner Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Sinhalese: ටිබෙට් (ṭibeṭ) — region in Inner Asia
• Slovak: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Slovene: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Spanish: Tíbet — region in Inner Asia
• Swedish: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Tagalog: Tibet — region in Inner Asia
• Tajik: Тибет — region in Inner Asia
• Tamil: திபெத் (tipet) — region in Inner Asia
• Telugu: తిబెట్ (tibeṭ) — region in Inner Asia
• Thai: ทิเบต (tí-bèet) — region in Inner Asia
• Tibetan: བོད (bod) — region in Inner Asia
• Tuvan: Төвүт (Tövüt) — region in Inner Asia
• Tuvan: Тангыт (Tangıt) — region in Inner Asia
• Tuvan: Таңғат (Tañğat) — region in Inner Asia
• Ukrainian: Тибе́т (Tybét) — region in Inner Asia
• Urdu: تبت (tibbat) — region in Inner Asia
• Uyghur: تىبەت (tibet) — region in Inner Asia
• Uyghur: شىزاڭ (shizang) — region in Inner Asia
• Uyghur: Tangghit — region in Inner Asia
• Vietnamese: Tây Tạng — region in Inner Asia
• Volapük: Tibätän — region in Inner Asia
• Zhuang: Sihcang — region in Inner Asia
• Arabic: شِيزَانْغ (šīzānḡ) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Arabic: التِّبِت (at-tibit) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Asturian: Tíbet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Bengali: তিব্বৎ (tibbot) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Burmese: ဦစံး (ucam:) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Chinese Cantonese: 西藏 (sai1 zong6) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Chinese: 西藏 (zh-min-nan) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Chinese Mandarin: 西藏 (Xīzàng) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Czech: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Danish: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Finnish: Tiibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Georgian: ტიბეტი (ṭibeṭi) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Greek: Θιβέτ (Thivét) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Hindi: तिब्बत (tibbat) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Hungarian: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Hungarian: Hszicang — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Irish: An Tibéid — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Japanese: 西蔵 (Seizō) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Kalmyk: Төвд (Tövd) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Kannada: ಟಿಬೆಟ್ (ṭibeṭ) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Korean: 시짱 (Sijjang) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Korean: 서장 (Seojang) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Latvian: Tibeta — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Macedonian: Ти́бет (Tíbet) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Manchu: ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ ᡯᠠᠩ (wargi dzang) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Marathi: टिबेट (ṭibeṭ) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Mongolian: Төвөд (Tövöd) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Norwegian Bokmål: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Occitan: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Portuguese: Tibete — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Portuguese: Tibé — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Russian: Сицза́н (Siczán) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Russian: Тибе́т (Tibét) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Swedish: Tibet — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Tamil: திபெத் (tipet) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Thai: ทิเบต (tí-bèet) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Thai: ซีจ้าง — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Tibetan: དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Urdu: تبت (tibbat) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Uyghur: شىزاڭ (shizang) — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Vietnamese: Tây Tạng — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Zhuang: Sihcang — shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region