Tibet

See also: Tíbet

Contents

EnglishEdit

Definition 1&2.

Definition 3.

EtymologyEdit

Of unclear origin, but probably via Persian تبت‏. The ultimate origin may be Tibetan བོད (bod).

Alternative formsEdit

• Thibet

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: tĭ-bĕt', tə-bĕt', IPA^(key): /tɪˈbet/, /təˈbet/

• Audio (US)

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Proper nounEdit

Tibet

1. The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the Peoples Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.
2. An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.
3. A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.

Usage notesEdit

In Tibetan, བོད (bod, “Bod”) properly refers to the entire plateau region that is translated to English as Tibet or Tibetan Plateau, of which Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治區／西藏自治区 Xīzàng Zìzhìqū) only forms one part. In international media, Tibet is often used as the shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region entity. In modern Chinese of the People's Republic of China, 西藏 (Xīzàng) refers to Tibet Autonomous Region (including P.R.C.-claimed Arunachal Pradesh in India), but is named after Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (Dbus-gtsang or Ü-Tsang), one of the traditional provinces of Tibet that includes the capital Lhasa. Today in the complex politics surrounding Tibet, the use of Tibet for the entire plateau can be offensive to Chinese people particularly in the People's Republic of China, while the use of Tibet exclusively for Tibet Autonomous Region can be offensive to Tibetan people. Additionally, when the term Tibetan Plateau is used consistently instead of Tibet to refer to བོད (bod), it can also be considered insensitive to Tibetan people.

SynonymsEdit

• (region of China): Xizang, Tibetan Autonomous Region
• (plateau): Tibetan Plateau, Tibet Plateau
• (kingdom): The Hermit Kingdom/Hermit Kingdom

TranslationsEdit

region in Central Asia

• Arabic: التِّبِت‏‎ m (at-tibit)
• Armenian: Տիբեթ (Tibetʿ)
• Breton: Tibet
• Burmese: တိဗက် (ti.bak)
• Catalan: Tibet m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吐蕃 (Tou²būd⁶)

  Mandarin: 吐蕃 (zh) (Tǔbō)

• Czech: Tibet (cs) m
• Dutch: Tibet (nl) n
• Finnish: Tiibet (fi)
• French: Tibet (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიბეტი (ṭibeṭi)
• German: Tibet (de) n
• Greek: Θιβέτ (el) n (Thivét)
• Hebrew: טיבט‏‎ (tibet)
• Hindi: तिब्बत (hi) (tibbat), बोड (boḍ)
• Interlingua: Tibet
• Italian: Tibet m
• Japanese: チベット (Chibetto), 西蔵 (せいぞう, Seizō)
• Korean: 티베트 (Tibeteu), 시짱 (Sijjang), 서장 (Seojang) (西藏 (ko))
• Latvian: Tibeta f
• Macedonian: Ти́бет m (Tíbet)
• Manchu: tubet, tanggūt

• Marathi: टिबेट (ṭibeṭ)
• Mongolian: Төвд (Tövd), ᠲᠥᠪᠡᠳ (töbed)
• Nepali: तिब्बत (tibbat)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tibet

  Nynorsk: Tibet

• Occitan: Tibet (oc) m
• Persian: تبت‏‎ (fa) (tebbet, tabbat)
• Polish: Tybet (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tibete (pt) m
• Romanian: Tibet n
• Russian: Тибе́т (ru) m (Tibét), Сицза́н m (Siczán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тибет m

  Roman: Tibet (sh) m

• Sherpa: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Tíbet m
• Tagalog: Tibet
• Thai: ทิเบต (tíbàyt)
• Tibetan: བོད (bod)
• Uyghur: تىبەت‏‎ (tibet)
• Vietnamese: Tây Tạng (西藏 (vi))
• Volapük: Tibätän (vo)

shorthand for the Tibet Autonomous Region

• Arabic: شِيزَانْغ‏‎ m (šīzānḡ), التِّبِت‏‎ m (at-tibit)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西藏 (Sëi¹zōng⁶)

  Mandarin: 西藏 (zh) (Xīzàng)

• Czech: Tibet (cs) m
• Finnish: Tiibet (fi)
• Greek: Θιβέτ (el) n (Thivét)
• Hindi: बोड (boḍ)
• Japanese: 西蔵 (せいぞう, Seizō)
• Korean: 시짱 (Sijjang), 서장 (Seojang) (西藏 (ko))
• Latvian: Tibeta f
• Macedonian: Ти́бет m (Tíbet)

• Marathi: टिबेट (ṭibeṭ)
• Mongolian: Төвд (Tövd)
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tibet

  Nynorsk: Tibet

• Occitan: Tibet (oc) m
• Portuguese: Tibete (pt) m
• Russian: Сицза́н m (Siczán), Тибе́т (ru) m (Tibét)
• Thai: ทิเบต (tíbàyt), ซีจ้าง (seejâang)
• Tibetan: དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang)
• Uyghur: شىزاڭ‏‎ (shizang)
• Vietnamese: Tây Tạng (西藏 (vi))

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• Greater Tibet
• Inner Tibet
• Outer Tibet
• South Tibet

• Tibetan
• Tibetan Empire
• Tibetan Plateau
• Tibet Autonomous Region

ReferencesEdit

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BretonEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet

1. Tibet

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CatalanEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet m

1. Tibet

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CzechEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet m

1. Tibet

Derived termsEdit

• Tibeťan
• tibetský

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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Proper nounEdit

Tibet n

1. Tibet

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FrenchEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet m

1. Tibet

Derived termsEdit

• Tibétain/Tibétaine
• tibétain/tibétaine

AnagramsEdit

• bitte

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GermanEdit

NounEdit

Tibet n (genitive Tibets)

1. Tibet

Related termsEdit

• Tibetaner, Tibetanerin, tibetanisch, Tibeter, Tibeterin, tibetisch, Tibetisch

Further readingEdit

• Tibet in Duden online

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InterlinguaEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet

1. Tibet

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet

1. Tibet (region and autonomous region)

Related termsEdit

• tibetaner
• tibetansk

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet

1. Tibet (region and autonomous region)

Related termsEdit

• tibetanar
• tibetansk

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RomanianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet n

1. Tibet

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tǐbet/
• Hyphenation: Ti‧bet

Proper nounEdit

Tìbet m (Cyrillic spelling Тѝбет)

1. Tibet

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Tibet

	singular
nominative	Tibet
genitive	Tibeta
dative	Tibetu
accusative	Tibet
vocative	Tibetu
locative	Tibetu
instrumental	Tibetem

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TurkishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Tibet

1. Tibet

DeclensionEdit

declension of Tibet

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Tibet	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Tibet'i	-
dative (yönelme)	Tibet'e	-
locative (bulunma)	Tibet'de	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Tibet'den	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Tibet'in	-