Standard Lemma guide

Tibetan

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tɪˈbɛtən/
  • [thɪˈbɛthn̩]
  • [thɪˈbɛʔn̩]
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  • CMU ARPABET: T IH0 B EH1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A native of Tibet

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A language of Tibet

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Tibetan monks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Himalayish language spoken in Tibet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Himalayish

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Tibet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tibet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tibetan From Tibet + -an.

Across languages

Translations

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տիբեթական (tibetʻakan) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Asturian: tibetanu — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Catalan: tibetà — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藏 (Zàng) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西藏 (Xīzàng) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Czech: tibetský — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Danish: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Dutch: Tibetaans — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Dutch: Tibetaanse — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Finnish: tiibetiläinen — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • French: tibétain — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • French: tibétaine — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • German: tibetisch — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • German: tibetanisch — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Greek: θιβετιανός (thivetianós) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Irish: Tibéadach — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Japanese: チベットの (Chibetto no) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Kashmiri: بۄٹہٕ (bọṭụ) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Kashmiri: تِبٔتی (tibạtī) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Mongolian: төвд (tövd) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Mongolian: төвдийн (tövdiin) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Polish: tybetański — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Portuguese: tibetano — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Punjabi: ਤਿੱਬਤੀ (tibbatī) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Romanian: tibetan — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Russian: тибе́тский (tibétskij) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Spanish: tibetano — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Swedish: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Tibetan: བོད (bod) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Ukrainian: тибе́тський (tybétsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Volapük: Tibätänik — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Welsh: Tibetaidd — of or pertaining to Tibet
  • Armenian: տիբեթական (tibetʻakan) — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Asturian: tibetanu — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Catalan: tibetà — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Danish: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Greek: θιβετιανός (thivetianós) — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Irish: Tibéadach — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Mongolian: төвд (tövd) — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Mongolian: төвдийн (tövdiin) — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Portuguese: tibetano — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Romanian: tibetan — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Swedish: tibetansk — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Ukrainian: тибе́тський (tybétsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Volapük: Tibätänanik — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Volapük: hi-Tibätänanik — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Volapük: ji-Tibätänanik — of or pertaining to Tibetans
  • Armenian: տիբեթերեն (tibetʻeren) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Asturian: tibetanu — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Basque: tibetera — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Catalan: tibetà — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Danish: tibetansk — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Greek: θιβετιανός (thivetianós) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Irish: Tibéidis — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Mongolian: төвд (tövd) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Mongolian: төвдийн (tövdiin) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Nepali: तिब्बती (tibbatī) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tibetansk — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tibetansk — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Portuguese: tibetano — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Romanian: tibetan — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Swedish: tibetansk — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Tibetan: བོད་སྐད (bod skad) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Turkish: Tibetçe — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Ukrainian: тибе́тський (tybétsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Volapük: tibätik — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Welsh: Tibeteg — of or pertaining to the Tibetan language
  • Armenian: տիբեթցի (tibetʻcʻi) — a person
  • Asturian: tibetanu — a person
  • Asturian: tibetana — a person
  • Catalan: tibetà — a person
  • Catalan: tibetana — a person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藏人 (Zàngrén) — a person
  • Czech: Tibeťan — a person
  • Danish: tibetaner — a person
  • Dutch: Tibetaan — a person
  • Dutch: Tibetaanse — a person
  • Esperanto: tibetano — a person
  • Esperanto: tibetanino — a person
  • Finnish: tiibetiläinen — a person
  • French: Tibétain — a person
  • French: Tibétaine — a person
  • German: Tibeter — a person
  • German: Tibeterin — a person
  • Greek: Θιβετιανός (Thivetianós) — a person
  • Greek: Θιβετιανή (Thivetianí) — a person
  • Hindi: तिब्बती (tibbatī) — a person
  • Irish: Tibéadach — a person
  • Japanese: チベット人 (Chibetto-jin) — a person
  • Kazakh: тибеттік (tibettık) — a person
  • Korean: 티베트인 (Tibeteu-in) — a person
  • Korean: 티벳인 (Tibet-in) — a person
  • Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ (tanggūt) — a person
  • Mongolian: төвд хүн (tövd xün) — a person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tibetaner — a person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tibetanar — a person
  • Polish: Tybetańczyk — a person
  • Portuguese: tibetano — a person
  • Portuguese: tibetana — a person
  • Romanian: tibetan — a person
  • Romanian: tibetană — a person
  • Russian: тибе́тец (tibétec) — a person
  • Russian: тибе́тка (tibétka) — a person
  • Spanish: tibetano — a person
  • Spanish: tibetana — a person
  • Swedish: tibetan — a person
  • Tibetan: བོད་པ (bod pa) — a person
  • Tibetan: བོད་རིགས — a person
  • Turkish: Tibetli — a person
  • Ukrainian: тибе́тець (tybétecʹ) — a person
  • Ukrainian: тибе́тка (tybétka) — a person
  • Volapük: Tibätänan — a person
  • Volapük: hi-Tibätänan — a person
  • Volapük: ji-Tibätänan — a person
  • Welsh: Tibetiad — a person
  • Wutunhua: suan — a person
  • Arabic: تِبِتِيَّة (tibitiyya) — a language
  • Armenian: տիբեթերեն (tibetʻeren) — a language
  • Asturian: tibetanu — a language
  • Belarusian: тыбецкая (tybjeckaja) — a language
  • Belarusian: тыбэ́цкая (tybéckaja) — a language
  • Catalan: tibetà — a language
  • Cherokee: ᏘᏇᏔᏂ (tiquetani) — a language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藏語 /藏语 (Zàngyǔ) — a language
  • Czech: tibetština — a language
  • Danish: tibetansk — a language
  • Dutch: Tibetaans — a language
  • Dzongkha: བོད་སྐད (bod skad) — a language
  • Esperanto: tibeta lingvo — a language
  • Finnish: tiibet — a language
  • French: tibétain — a language
  • Georgian: ტიბეტური ენა (ṭibeṭuri ena) — a language
  • German: Tibetisch — a language
  • Greek: θιβετιανά (thivetianá) — a language
  • Hindi: तिब्बती (tibbatī) — a language
  • Irish: Tibéidis — a language
  • Italian: tibetano — a language
  • Japanese: チベット語 (Chibetto-go) — a language
  • Japhug: kɯrɯskɤt — a language
  • Kazakh: тибетше (tibetşe) — a language
  • Korean: 티베트어 (Tibeteu-eo) — a language
  • Northern Kurdish: tîbetî — a language
  • Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (tanggūt gisun) — a language
  • Mongolian: төвд хэл (tövd xel) — a language
  • Navajo: Tííbeʼ dineʼé bizaad — a language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tibetansk — a language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tibetansk — a language
  • Polish: (język) tybetański — a language
  • Portuguese: tibetano — a language
  • Romanian: tibetană — a language
  • Russian: тибе́тский (tibétskij) — a language
  • Slovak: tibetčina — a language
  • Spanish: tibetano — a language
  • Swahili: kitibeti — a language
  • Swedish: tibetanska — a language
  • Tibetan: བོད་སྐད (bod skad) — a language
  • Ukrainian: тибе́тська мо́ва (tybétsʹka móva) — a language
  • Volapük: tibät — a language
  • Welsh: Tibeteg — a language
  • Wutunhua: suanhua — a language
Real reading context

Tibetan in complete knowledge articles