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Tibetan writing system
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Tibetan_script
Mongolian writing system
PAHGZ-PAH),[citation needed] ʼPhags-pa or ḥPʻags-pa script is an alphabet designed by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor (later Imperial Preceptor)
ʼPhags-pa_script
Standardized dialect of Tibetan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Lhasa_Tibetan
Brahmic writing system for the Dzongkha language
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Joyig_script
Style of the Tibetan alphabet
Uchen (Tibetan: དབུ་ཅན་, Wylie: dbu-can; IPA: [utɕɛ̃] is the upright, block style of the Tibetan script. The name means "with a head", and is the style
Uchen_script
Abugida writing system
Tibetan texts, where the Sanskrit title is often written in Lantsa, followed by a transliteration and translation in the Tibetan script. The script is
Ranjana_script
Subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibetan languages or Tibetic languages are a branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family. Descending from Old Tibetan,
Tibetic_languages
Script for the Zhangzhung language
The Marchen script was a Brahmic abugida which was used for writing the extinct Zhangzhung language. It was derived from the Tibetan script. As per McKay
Marchen_script
Tibetic language
Tibetic language and the basis of Standard Tibetan. Dbus is the Wylie spelling of the name in Tibetan script, དབུས་, whereas Ü is the pronunciation of
Central_Tibetan
Family of variants of the Tibetan alphabet
shorter 'dot'-like mark in some other scripts. Kyuyig (Tibetan: འཁྱུག་ཡིག།་, Wylie: kyug-yig) or Gyu-yig (Tibetan: རྒྱུག་ཡིག།, Wylie: gyug-yig), is the
Umê_script
East Asian calligraphic tradition
of the Tibetan script is marked by heavy horizontal lines and tapering vertical lines, and is the most common script for writing in the Tibetan language
Tibetan_calligraphy
Official transcription system for the Tibetan language in China
alternative to the Wylie transliteration for writing Tibetan in the Latin script since 1982. Tibetan pinyin is a phonetic transcription, and as such its
Tibetan_pinyin
Ancient Indian scripts
uchen script while the hand-written cursive forms used in everyday writing are called umê script. The script is closely linked to a broad ethnic Tibetan identity
Ancient scripts of the Indian subcontinent
Ancient_scripts_of_the_Indian_subcontinent
Topics referred to by the same term
Standard Tibetan in Latin script Tibetan script any other of the Tibetic languages Tibetan may additionally refer to: Old Tibetan, an era of Tibetan history
Tibetan
Abugida-type writing system
write Mongolian. It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit. A special character of the script, the Soyombo symbol, became a national symbol of
Soyombo_script
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Dzongkha
Script system used to write Sanskrit
Punjabi, the Odia script, the Bengali-Assamese script and the Tibetan script. The Gupta script was descended from the Ashokan Brāhmī script, and is a crucial
Gupta_script
Tibetan Book of the Dead
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Bardo_Thodol
Method for transliterating Tibetan script
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Wylie_transliteration
Tibetic language of Baltistan, Pakistan
Balti (Perso-Arabic script: بلتی, Tibetan: སྦལ་ཏི།, Wylie: sbal ti) is a Tibetic language natively spoken by the ethnic Balti people in the Baltistan
Balti_language
Abugida developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar
Used in Sanskrit transcription. Used in Sanskrit and Tibetan transcription. The Zanabazar script includes twenty basic consonants used for writing Mongolian
Zanabazar_square_script
Ancient Tibetan language
Most consonants could be palatalized, and the palatal series from the Tibetan script represents palatalized coronals. The sound conventionally transcribed
Old_Tibetan
Designated writing system of a jurisdiction
Traditional Chinese (de facto), Latin script Inner Mongolia region – Mongolian alphabet, Simplified Chinese Tibet region – Tibetan alphabet, Simplified Chinese
Official_script
Abugida used to write the Lepcha language
syllable-final consonants are written as diacritics. Lepcha is derived from the Tibetan script, and may have some Burmese influence. According to tradition, it was
Lepcha_script
Tibetic language of Amdo
Amdo Tibetan (Tibetan script: ཨ་མདོའི་སྐད་, Wylie: A-mdo’i skad, Lhasa dialect: [ámtokɛ́ʔ], natively [amdeskɛ] or [amdihke], also called Am kä), or Amdo
Amdo_Tibetan
East Asian ethnic group
Tibetans (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around
Tibetans
Writing system
more commonly written using the Tibetan script Balti (a Sino-Tibetan language), also rarely written in the Tibetan script Brahui language in Pakistan and
Arabic_script
Family of abugida writing systems
supplementary vowels not in contemporary use Tibetan, Lepcha, Limbu, New Tai Lue, Thai and Lao scripts do not have independent vowel forms. For syllables
Brahmic_scripts
Writing system used to write Meitei language
the phonemic distributions of Meitei language, the script belongs to the Tibetan group of scripts. The earliest stone inscription, found in the village
Meitei_script
Writing system
the Tibetan Sa skya Legs bshad. Mongol - English - Tibetan. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-18224-0. "Monthly Photos Mar 2026 : Typing the Mongolian Script". Research
Mongolian_script
Abugida
methods, who returned with a Sanskrit Nāgarī script from Kashmir corresponding to twenty-four (24) Tibetan sounds and innovating new symbols for six (6)
Nāgarī_script
example Lhasa Tibetan on Amdo Tibetan speakers, because they are both considered part of the same language for political reasons. The Tibetan script was developed
Tibetan_literature
Writing systems devised for the Mongolian language
languages, such as Chinese, Sanskrit and Tibetan. In the 20th century, Mongolia briefly switched to the Latin script, but then almost immediately replaced
Mongolian_writing_systems
Tibetic language of Nepal and India
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Sikkimese_Bhutia_language
Early form of Tibetan language
Classical Tibetan, sometimes called Chöke in Bhutan, is a liturgical language of Tibetan Buddhism that dates from the 9th century. It particularly refers
Classical_Tibetan
Writing system used to write the Tamang language
Tamyig script is used to write the Tamang language. The Tamyig script is a simplified version of the Tibetan script. The Tamang community has their own
Tamyig
Numeral system of the Tibetan script
Tibetan numerals is the numeral system of the Tibetan script and a variety of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. It is used in the Tibetan language and has
Tibetan_numerals
scholars believe that Hangul received minor inspiration from the Tibetan-Mongolian script ʼPhags-pa, although that hypothesis still argues that Hangul was
Origin_of_Hangul
Tibetic language spoken in Ladakh, India
most do not read the Tibetan script. Most Buddhist Ladakhis can sound out the Tibetan script but do not understand Classical Tibetan, yet many Ladakhi Buddhist
Ladakhi_language
Language family native to Asia
Sino-Tibetan (also referred to as Trans-Himalayan) is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers.
Sino-Tibetan_languages
Autonomous region of China
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Tibet_Autonomous_Region
Tibetic language of Kham
Khams Tibetan (Tibetan: ཁམས་སྐད, Wylie: Khams skad, THL: Khamké, Lhasa dialect: [kʰam˥˨ kɛː˥˨], Khams Tibetan pronunciation: [kʰɑ̃ː˥˧ kɛˀˑ] (Dêgê dialect))
Khams_Tibetan
Buddhist temple complex in Paro, Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Paro_Taktsang
1st Tibetan Emperor and 33rd King of Tibet (d.650)
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Songtsen_Gampo
Unicode character block
Tibetan is a Unicode block containing characters for the Tibetan, Dzongkha, and other languages of China, Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia, northern India, eastern
Tibetan_(Unicode_block)
Nepalese ethnic group
article contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tibetan script. The Sherpa
Sherpa_people
International airport in Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Paro_International_Airport
Ethnic group of South Asia
a Sino-Tibetan language derived from the Tibeto-Burman language family. The written form of Gurung is heavily dependent on the Tibetan script and history
Gurung_people
Tibetic language spoken in India and Pakistan
Purgi, Burig, Purki, Purik, Purigi or Puriki (Tibetan script: པུ་རིག་་སྐད།, Nastaʿlīq script: پُرگِی) is a Tibetic language closely related to the Ladakhi-Balti
Purgi_language
Indic script used in the South Asia
princess and to find a writing system suitable for the Tibetan language. He then invented the Tibetan script based on the Nāgarī used in Kashmir. He added 6
Devanagari
the Khmer script; combined letters wa and i (ཝི) from Tibetan script being replaced by short u (উ) letter from Bengali alphabet, while Tibetan character
Wikipedia_logo
Fortress in Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Wangdue_Phodrang_Dzong
Historical dynasty in Tibet
occurred by 848. The early Yarlung dynasty rulers lived before the Tibetan script was created, and their reigns and lives were documented through the
Yarlung_dynasty
Power in East Asia from 618 to 842/848
The Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: bod chen po, lit. 'Great Tibet') was centered on the Tibetan Plateau and formed as a result of expansions
Tibetan_Empire
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Flag_of_Bhutan
the multilingual empire. The 'Phags-pa script, also known as the "Square script", was based on the Tibetan script and written vertically from top was designed
Buddhism_in_Mongolia
City in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Skardu (Urdu: سکردو, romanised: skardū, Tibetan script: སྐར་མདོ, pronounced [skərduː]) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the
Skardu
Head of state
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King_of_Bhutan
Capital and largest city of Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Thimphu
Minister of Songsten Gampo
sam+b+ho Ta; born c. 619) is a figure credited by Tibetan traditions with creating the first Tibetan script, based on the Gupta alphabet, after being sent
Thonmi_Sambhota
Devotional tool in Buddhism
in Tibet and areas where Tibetan culture is predominant. Traditionally, a mantra is written in Ranjana script or Tibetan script, on the outside of the wheel
Prayer_wheel
Major river in Southeast Asia
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Mekong
Currency of Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Bhutanese_ngultrum
language or Rrmea language – Rma script Santa language – Arabic script Sui language – Sui script Tibetic languages – Tibetan script Uyghur language – Uyghur Arabic
Languages_of_China
While the Tibetan Plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet's history went unrecorded until the creation of Tibetan script in the
History_of_Tibet
Kingdom in South Asia (1642–1975)
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Kingdom_of_Sikkim
Yarlung dynasty's kings of Tibet
of the ancient Yarlung dynasty's Tibetan kings consists of 42 names. The earliest kings ruled before the Tibetan script was developed; the history of Tibet
List_of_emperors_of_Tibet
Extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Tibet
script (Tibetan: སྤུངས་ཆེན་, Wylie: spungs chen) Pungchung or Lesser Pung script (Tibetan: སྤུངས་ཆུང་, Wylie: spungs chung) Drusha script (Tibetan: བྲུ་ཤ་
Zhang-Zhung_language
Buddhist mantra
various Indian religions, and hum represents the spirit of enlightenment. In Tibetan Buddhism, this is the most ubiquitous mantra and its recitation is a popular
Om_mani_padme_hum
Palace in Thimphu, Bhutan
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Dechencholing_Palace
American actress (born 1979)
in February 2019. Q has five tattoos: a cross on her right forearm; Tibetan script and a little triangle on her left forearm; a Zulu proverb on her side—"umuntu
Maggie_Q
Typeface
Jomolhari is a Tibetan script Uchen font created by Christopher J. Fynn, freely available under the SIL Open Font License. It supports text encoded using
Jomolhari_(typeface)
Braille alphabet for the Tibetan language
Braille, which is closer to international norms. Tibetan Braille follows print orthography. (See Tibetan script.) This is often a poor match for how words are
Tibetan_Braille
Tibetic language
although it is occasionally written using either the Devanagari or Tibetan script. Sherpa is spoken east of the Himalayan region in Nepal Langtang (Rasuwa
Sherpa_language
mani padme hum is engraved in six different scripts around the engraved image of the four-armed Tibetan form of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion
Stele_of_Sulaiman
A yig mgo is a textual caret mark in Tibetan script which is one of the possible markers for a new text or page. In some cases, such as following an internal
Yig_mgo
Diacritic in many Brahmic scripts
ligature. Unicode schemes of scripts writing Mainland Southeast Asia languages, such as that of Burmese script and of Tibetan script, generally do not group
Virama
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Bhutan_Telecom
Creature in Tibetan mythology and Bhutanese national symbol
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Druk
Punctuation to signal the end of a sentence (.)
the end of a clause or sentence. The Tibetan script uses two different full stops: tshig-grub (U+0F0D ། TIBETAN MARK SHAD) marks the end of a section
Full_stop
Tirhuta script, and Bhojpuri in Kaithi script. Similarly, Limbu is written in Sirijunga script, Tamang in Tamyig script, Sherpa in Tibetan script, Magar
Languages_of_Nepal
Writing conventions of eastern Asian countries
orientation of the letters. 'Phags-pa in turn was an adaptation of Tibetan script written vertically on the model of Mongolian to supplant those writing
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts
Horizontal_and_vertical_writing_in_East_Asian_scripts
Bicameral legislature of Bhutan
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Parliament_of_Bhutan
Serif typeface
Chinese national standard for encoding characters of the Tibetan script (GB/T20524-2006 "Tibetan Coded Character Set"). The design of the font is based
Times_New_Roman
Major tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India
is significantly different from the Eastern Tibetan dialect. It is written with the Tibetan script. Tibetan Buddhists texts present "Monyul" (literally
Monpa_people
Autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China
27°49′N 99°42′E / 27.82°N 99.70°E / 27.82; 99.70 Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province,
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Diqing_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture
for other languages) Grecs du roi (Greek) Japanese Gothic Jomolhari (Tibetan script) Kiran (Devanagari) Kochi Koren (Hebrew) Kruti Dev (Devanagari) Malgun
List_of_typefaces
Flag carrier of Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Drukair
Country in South Asia
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Bhutan
Ethnic group in Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India
needed]. The Khamba are adherents of Tibetan Buddhism and use Hingna, their own script, which is based on the Tibetan script. However, due to relative isolation
Khamba_people
Thromde in Chukha District, Bhutan
contains Tibetan script. Without proper rendering support, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters
Phuntsholing
Script used to write the Yi languages
Yi language is related to Tibetan and Burmese and is written with its own script, called, not surprisingly, the Yi script, but sometimes known as Cuan
Yi_script
Endangered Sino-Tibetan language of Bhutan
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Gongduk_language
Tibetan yogi
Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ་, Wylie: rje btsun mi la ras pa, 1028/40–1111/23) was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer
Milarepa
People of Arunachal Pradesh, India
The Membas follow Nyingmapa Tibetan Buddhism and have their own script, Hikor, which is derived from the Tibetan script. In every village, there is a
Memba_people
Sundanese script Lontara script Lota Ende script Mbojo script Sikka script Makasar script Rencong/Ulu script Kerinci script Lampung script Rejang script Serang
Writing systems of Southeast Asia
Writing_systems_of_Southeast_Asia
Autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, China
30°02′58″N 101°57′44″E / 30.0495°N 101.9623°E / 30.0495; 101.9623 Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, often shortened to Ganzi Prefecture, is an autonomous
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Garzê_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture
Languages spoken by ethnic minorities represent six language families: Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai–Kadai, Indo-European, Austronesian and Hmong–Mien
Languages_of_Myanmar
Architectural feature at the Juyongguan Pass of the Great Wall of China
in six different scripts: Lanydza script (used to write Sanskrit) Tibetan script (used to write the Tibetan language) ʼPhags-pa script (created at the
Cloud_Platform_at_Juyong_Pass
Historic Brahmic script used in Burma
The Pyu script is a writing system used to write the Pyu language, an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was mainly spoken in present-day central Burma
Pyu_script
TIBETAN SCRIPT
TIBETAN SCRIPT
Female
Hindi/Indian
(कैलाश) Hindi unisex name derived from the name of a sacred mountain in the Himalayas, from the word kailasa, KAILASH means "crystal." The Tibetan name for the mountain is Gang Rinpoche, meaning "precious jewel of snows."
Boy/Male
Greek
A Titan.
Boy/Male
Greek
Hundred-armed Titan in Greek mythology.
Boy/Male
Greek
A Titan.
Boy/Male
Greek Latin
A Titan.
Boy/Male
Greek
A Titan.
Boy/Male
Hindu
House, Mansion, Don of rulers
Boy/Male
Greek
A Titan.
Boy/Male
Greek
A Titan.
Male
Greek
(ΚÏόνος) Greek name KRONOS means "time." In mythology, this is the name of the Titan father of Zeus.
Female
English
Latin form of Greek Phoibe, PHOEBE means "shining one." In mythology, this is the name of a Titan goddess of bright intellect.
Boy/Male
Greek
A Titan.
Female
Greek
(ΘÎμις) Greek name THEMIS means "law." In mythology, this is the name of the Titan mother of the three original Fates.
Girl/Female
Greek
Form of Oceanus. In Greek mythology Oceanus was a Titan father of rivers and water nymphs.
Girl/Female
Greek Shakespearean
A Titan.
Male
Hebrew
Tiberian form of Hebrew Qeynan, QÊNĀN means "possession."
Boy/Male
Tamil
House, Mansion, Don of rulers
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
House; Mansion
Boy/Male
German
Walks.
Male
Greek
(Τῑτάν) According to Diodoros, the Titans were named after their mother Titaia, TITAN means "fire; to burn." Hesiod derives the name from titaino, "straining." In Greek mythology, this is the name of a sun god, the brother of Helios, and the name of a race of giants. It is also the name of the largest moon of the planet Saturn.
TIBETAN SCRIPT
TIBETAN SCRIPT
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Three Dimentional
Girl/Female
Teutonic Norse
Brave.
Girl/Female
Arabic American Muslim
Captivating. Daughter of the Prophet Muhammad; one of four perfect women mentioned in the Koran....
Girl/Female
Arabic
Romantic; Fascinating
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Capable; Having All Ability; Mighty and Powerful; Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Biblical
Glad news, incarnation.
Girl/Female
Indian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a lost place in Yardley, Birmingham, recorded in 1645 as Puggmyre Farm. This derives from the name of its 13th-century landlord, Robert Pugg, whose surname is of unknown etymology, + Middle English myre ‘mire’, ‘bog’.
Girl/Female
German, Hungarian
Renowned Battle; Famous Battle
Female
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Tuilelaith, TALLULA means "princess of abundance." Compare with another form of Tallula.
TIBETAN SCRIPT
TIBETAN SCRIPT
TIBETAN SCRIPT
TIBETAN SCRIPT
TIBETAN SCRIPT
n.
An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.
a.
Of or pertaining to Thibet.
a.
Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed.
n.
Same as Tinean.
adv.
In a scriptural manner.
n.
Quality of being scriptural.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures.
n.
The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures.
n.
One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.
pl.
of Scriptorium
a.
An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so called from its common use in the Latin Church.
a. & n.
Same as Thibetan.
a.
Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.
n.
A pipit.
a.
Titanic.
n.
One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.
n.
A Scripturist.
pl.
of Tineman
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thibet.
n.
Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.