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Tibetan   /tɪbˈɛtən/   Listen
Tibetan

noun
1.
Himalayish language spoken in Tibet.
2.
A native or inhabitant of Tibet.



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"Tibetan" Quotes from Famous Books



... sing-song, riff-raff, wishy-washy, harum-skarum, roly-poly. Words of this type are all but universal. Such examples as the Russian Chudo-Yudo (a dragon), the Chinese ping-pang "rattling of rain on the roof,"[46] the Tibetan kyang-kyong "lazy," and the Manchu porpon parpan "blear-eyed" are curiously reminiscent, both in form and in psychology, of words nearer home. But it can hardly be said that the duplicative process is of a distinctively grammatical ...
— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir
... spirits of the river are honored as kings, the lower ones as captains, and hardly a day goes by without their being honored with sacrifices or theatrical performances. Whenever, after a dam has been broken, the leak is closed again, the emperor sends officials with sacrifices and ten great bars of Tibetan incense. This incense is burned in a great sacrificial censer in the temple court, and the river inspectors and their subordinates all go to the temple to thank the gods for their aid. These river gods, it is said, are good and faithful servants of former rulers, ...
— The Chinese Fairy Book • Various


Words linked to "Tibetan" :   Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Asiatic, Asian, Himalayish


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