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# tibetan

«tibetan» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or to do with Tibet, a high region in the Himalayas…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Tibetan); noun (a Tibetan, Tibetans; Tibetan, the language)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tibetan means from or to do with Tibet, a high region in the Himalayas, now part of China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#m1)

2) A Tibetan is a person from Tibet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#m2)

3) Tibetan is the language of Tibet, written in its own script. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Geography: Tibet is called «the roof of the world» because it is a very high plateau; great rivers like the Yangtze and the Brahmaputra start there. Religion: most Tibetans are Buddhists; the Dalai Lama is their best-known religious leader and has lived in India since 1959. News: China rules Tibet; many Tibetans and others say their freedom and culture are not respected, and China disagrees. Animals: the yak; dog breeds such as the Tibetan mastiff and Tibetan terrier.

### examples

- Tibetan monks chant prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x1)
- The Tibetan plateau is very high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x2)
- Tibetan prayer flags flapped in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x3)
- Yaks carry loads for Tibetan farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x4)
- Tibetan is written in its own alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x5)
- We read a Tibetan folk tale in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x6)
- The Tibetan terrier has long, shaggy fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/#x7)

### note

Always capital T. Said «ti-BET-un». Do not confuse with «Tibet» (the place) — Tibetan is the people, language and adjective.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tibetan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibetan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.