Tibet

• n. 西藏（中国一自治区）

来自阿拉伯语 Bod 的读音讹误，即汉语蕃，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-.