tib

See also: TiB

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tibetan.

Symbol

tib

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Tibetan.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tibetan terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪb/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of tibia.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

  1. (medicine, informal) A tibia.

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Etymology 2

Unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

  1. (obsolete) A working-class woman.
  2. (obsolete) A prostitute.
  3. (obsolete) A young girl, a sweetheart.

See also

Anagrams

Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec

Etymology

Akin to Zaniza Zapotec tib.

Numeral

tib

  1. one

References

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb). Compare Turkish tıp.

Noun

tib f

  1. medicine (field of study)

Declension

Declension of tib
definite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative tib tib
construct tiba tibên
oblique tibê tiban
demonstrative oblique tibê wan tiban
vocative tibê tibino
indefinite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative tibek tibin
construct tibeke tibine
oblique tibekê tibinan
  • tebîb
  • tibî

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic тиб
Latin
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai طب, from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb).

Noun

tib (plural tiblar)

  1. medicine

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English tubbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪb/

Noun

tib (plural tibbès)

  1. tub

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 72

Zaniza Zapotec

Etymology

Akin to Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec tib.

Numeral

tib

  1. one