ཤར་གླིང་དབུས་མ
Tibetan
Etymology
Noun
ཤར་གླིང་དབུས་མ • (shar gling dbus ma)
- (geopolitics) Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)
- Central Asia (a landlocked geographic area of continental central Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)