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Tibetan-English Dictionary

Tibetan-English Dictionary
Format: Dictionary
Publication Date: 196901/1969
Publisher: The Catholic University of America
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Sources ID: 125092
Visibility: Public (group default)
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A Tibetan-English dictionary of modern vocabulary which contains material from the tha snyad gsar bsgrigs/. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)

This dictionary heavily relies on DESGODINS (Dictionnaire tibétain-latin-français) and the related dictionary GIRAUDEAU (Dictionaire française-tibétain) use was also made of de KŐRÖS (Essay towards a Dictionary. Tibetan-English), JÄSCHKE (Tibetan English Dictionary), DAS (A Tibetan English Dictionary: with Sanskrit Synonyms), BACOT (Grammaire du tibétain littéraire 2. Index Morphologique), KOWALEWSKI (Dictionnaire mongol-russe-français) and (tha snyad gsar ba'i phyogs bsgrig gzhung skya rengs sngang ba/). A typsescript, especially strong on modern terminology. Some Chinese loan words, and propernames are given. No mention is made of compilations from texts. Dialect forms marked as either eastern or western. (Nathan Hill 2007-12-13, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)

Format: 
Print media (print or manuscript)
Extent: 
833 p.
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