# Tibetan Dictionary

> Comprehensive Tibetan-English dictionary app with multiple integrated lexicons. (iPhone/iPad app by Phurba.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tibetan-dictionary/id418873951 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Phurba](https://appshunter.io/developer/418873954)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 45 App Store ratings · 80 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 101 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China), Tibetan
- Released: 2011-02-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tibetan-dictionary/id418873951/reviews.md

## What is Tibetan Dictionary?

The Tibetan Dictionary combines several dictionaries into a single app. Words and definitions can be searched for in both english and tibetan, taking advantage of the Tibetan language support built-in to iOS.

It is a universal app and is optimised for both iPhone and iPad.

The following dictionaries are included:

* tsig mdzod chen mo
* dag yig gsar bsgrigs
* New Tibetan-English-Chinese Vocabulary
* New English-Tibetan Dictionary
* Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary
* Mahāvyutpatti

To type using tibetan script, you need to turn on the tibetan keyboard in the main Settings app:
Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards > Add New Keyboard...

You can then select the Tibetan keyboard by tapping the 'world' icon on the keyboard, next to the spacebar.

== Keyboard Shortcuts ==

Command-F: Activate search bar
Command-Shift-F: Activate search bar for Search All Text
Tab: Move between search bar and search results
Down-arrow: Move to next search result
Up-arrow: Move to previous search result

## Key features

- Multiple integrated dictionaries
- Search in English and Tibetan
- Built-in iOS Tibetan language support
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
- Keyboard shortcuts for navigation

## Recent user reviews (10 of 80)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tibetan-dictionary/id418873951/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great!

*2025-11-16, version 1.9.11*

A great app for simple translations and if you want to know what something means from Tibetan to English! Even better if you are learning Tibetan!

### 5/5 — Helpful

*2025-05-06*

Helping me a lot Thanks

### 5/5 — 2024年5月13日

*2024-05-13*

4年来没有改进呀

### 5/5 — very nice

*2023-09-03, version 1.9.11*

thank you, it's a great help. Works even off-line. Wonderful app.

### 3/5 — No sound. Please add pronunciation and text to speech function.

*2023-05-25, version 1.9.11*

No sound. Please add pronunciation and text to speech function.

### 5/5 — Very good

*2022-11-23*

this APP is very very good, very nice!

### 5/5 — 强力推荐

*2022-11-20*

五星评

### 5/5 — ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་མོ

*2022-10-05*

བཟང་གི

### 5/5 — སྙིང་ལགས།

*2022-01-02*

སྙིང་ལགས། ཁྱོད་རང་ནི་མེ་ཏོག་ལྟ་བུ་རེད། ཁྱོད་རང་སྤྲིན་དཀར་ལྟ་བུ་རེད།

### 5/5 — ཡག་པོ་འདུག

*2021-07-08*

ཧིན་ཡིག་ཡང་ཡོད་ན་ལེགས་པར་བསམ།

## Frequently asked questions about Tibetan Dictionary

### What does the Tibetan Dictionary app do?

The Tibetan Dictionary app combines several Tibetan dictionaries into a single application. It allows users to search for words and their definitions in both English and Tibetan, utilizing the Tibetan language support already present on iOS devices.

### What dictionaries are included in the app?

The app includes a comprehensive collection of dictionaries, such as 'tsig mdzod chen mo', 'dag yig gsar bsgrigs', 'New Tibetan-English-Chinese Vocabulary', 'New English-Tibetan Dictionary', 'Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary', and 'Mahāvyutpatti'.

### How do I type in Tibetan script?

To type in Tibetan script, you need to enable the Tibetan keyboard in your iOS device's settings. Navigate to Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards > Add New Keyboard and select Tibetan. You can then switch to the Tibetan keyboard using the 'world' icon on your keyboard.

### Is this app compatible with my device?

Yes, this is a universal app optimized for both iPhone and iPad, ensuring a seamless experience across Apple's mobile devices.

### What are the benefits of using this app for Tibetan language study?

This app offers a convenient way to access multiple Tibetan dictionaries in one place, facilitating efficient word and definition lookups. The ability to search in both English and Tibetan, along with keyboard shortcuts, enhances the learning and research process for Tibetan language users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9.11 — 2019-07-27

* Fixes a crash that could occur when searching.

Other recent changes:

* Added dynamic type support to allow the text to be resized.

* You can now search using the '%' wildcard. 
e.g. %es% will match Test, Best etc.

* Added ability to sort Favourites in reverse order.

* Added support for iPhone X/XS/XR screens.

* Fixed some layout bugs.

### 1.9.10 — 2019-07-18

* Fixed a bug that could occur when searching.

Includes what was added in the previous version:

* Added dynamic type support to allow the text to be resized.

* You can now search using the '%' wildcard. 
e.g. %es% will match Test, Best etc.

* Added ability to sort Favourites in reverse order.

* Added support for iPhone X/XS/XR screens.

* Fixed some layout bugs.

### 1.9.9 — 2019-07-16

* Added dynamic type support to allow the text to be resized.

* You can now search using the '%' wildcard. 
  e.g. %es% will match Test, Best etc.

* Added ability to sort Favourites in reverse order.

* Added support for iPhone X/XS/XR screens.

* If you have installed our new Dungkar app, you can search the Dungkar dictionary within this app as well.

* Fixed some layout bugs.

### 1.9.8 — 2017-10-05

* Fixes the display of tabs on an iPad running iOS 11.

### 1.9.7 — 2017-09-29

* Fixes an issue that caused slower search performance when using iOS 11.
* Fixes a rare crash that could occur while searching.

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