Tibetologyn.
/tɪbɛˈtɒlədʒi/ The branch of knowledge that deals with Tibetan culture.
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Indology1888
Turcology1918
Tibetology1964
1964 Bull. Tibetology 1 5 Tibetology, that is, study of culture or cultures expressed through the medium of Po Key (Bod Sked = Tibetan language), is not confined to the geographical boundaries of Tibet.
1982 Bodl. Libr. Record X. 371 The modern discipline of Tibetology.
Derivatives
Tibeˈtologist n. a person who specializes or is expert in this branch of study.
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sinologist1814
Indianist1817
sinologue1821
Americanist1852
Indianologist1859
gypsyologist1863
occidentalist1877
Africanist1880
Japanologist1881
Turcologist1881
tziganologue1884
Indologian1897
Persianist1903
Indologist1904
Tziganologist1909
Hispanist1934
Mayanist1950
Sovietologist1958
Tibetologist1964
1964 Bull. Tibetology 1 6 The very first difficulty which a Tibetologist faces is that of non~availability of literary data.
1974 M. Peissel Great Himalayan Passage iv. 84 Professor Tucci, the noted Italian Tibetologist, wrote of Nepal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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