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Title: Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Melvyn C. Goldstein
One Sentence Summary: The largest Tibetan-English dictionary containing modern vocabulary (ca. 40,000 items).

Description: The largest Tibetan-English dictionary containing modern vocabulary (ca. 40,000 items). It provides many examples of usage. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)

Particularly strong on military terminology. (Nathan Hill 2007-12-13)

The best dictionary available of colloquial Tibetan, this is of immense use in reading modern Tibetan, as well as more narrative classical works such as hagiographies and histories. Despite its faults, it constitutes one of the most important resource tools available in Tibetan language studies. (David Germano 2007-12-13, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-02-06)
Publisher Place: Kathmandu
Publisher: Ratna Pustak Bhandar
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Published Date: 1975
Extent: 1234 p.
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Reference Resources -- Dictionaries -- Tibetan Dictionaries -- Tibetan-English Dictionaries
Language: English
Tibetan
Series Title: Bibliotheca Himalayica II
Series volume: 7
Format: Print media (print or manuscript)
Media type: Text
Resource Type: Dictionary
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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