tib

See also: TiB

Translingual

Symbol

tib

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Tibetan.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of tibia.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

1. (medicine, informal) A tibia.

See also

• fib

Etymology 2

Unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

1. (obsolete) A working-class woman.
2. (obsolete) A prostitute.
   • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act 4, scene 6]:

     every Coystril that comes inquiring for his Tib

   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun:

     But this woman was, he thought, no tib, no purveyor of holy mutton.

3. (obsolete) A young girl, a sweetheart.

Anagrams

• B.I.T., Bti, ITB, TBI, bit

Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec

Etymology

Akin to Zaniza Zapotec tib.

Numeral

tib

1. one

References

• Basic Vocabulary, psge 53

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb). Compare Turkish tıp.

Noun

tib f

1. medicine (field of study)

Declension

Declension of tib

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tib	tib
Construct	tiba	tibên
Oblique	tibê	tiban
Demonstrative oblique	wê tibê	wan tiban
Vocative	tibê	tibino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tibek	tibin
Construct	tibeke	tibine
Oblique	tibekê	tibinan

Related terms

• tebîb
• tibî

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	тиб (tib)‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai طب, from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb).

Noun

tib (plural tiblar)

1. medicine

Related terms

• tibbiy (“medical”)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English tubbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪb/

Noun

tib (plural tibbès)

1. tub

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 72

Zaniza Zapotec

Etymology

Akin to Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec tib.

Numeral

tib

1. one