Tibet

• n. 西藏（中國一自治區）

來自阿拉伯語 Bod 的讀音訛誤，即漢語蕃，吐蕃，古代藏族民族名。

Tibet

said to be a corruption in Chinese or Arabic of Bod, indigenous name, of unknown origin. As an adjective in English, Tibetian is older (1747) but Tibetan (1822) is now the usual word. With comb. form Tibeto-.