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Tibet
[Tibet 词源字典]
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-
.
[Tibet etymology, Tibet origin, 英语词源]