Tibetan-English Dictionary is an app by Christian Steinert in the Education category, listed since at least May 2021. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.
Since version 0.0.20, the minimum Android version rose from 4.4 to 7.0. It asks for 3 permissions, 1 of them sensitive: modify shared storage. It asks for the same permissions as version 0.0.26.
What's new in v0.0.27
Most of the application has been reprogrammed.
The major improvements with this version are
- Improved input method for Tibetan
- Dedicated support for Sanskrit and new input method for diacritics
- Added glossary entries from Heart of Tibetan Language
- Improved performance and smaller application size
- Support for the latest Android versions
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
This application contains many different Tibetan-English dictionaries. It has a mode for searching Tibetan terms (either with Tibetan input or Wylie input) and another mode for searching English terms.
Note: an online version of this dictionary application is also available at: https://dictionary.christian-steinert.de
This dictionary app contains several Tibetan-English, Tibetan-Tibetan, and Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionaries. Thanks go to the authors and compilers of these dictionaries and glossaries without whose work this app would not be possible. The following material is currently contained:
- The glossary from the 84000 translation project (www.84000.co)
- Dr. Alexander Berzin's English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary
- Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dharma Dictionary 3.0 by Erik Pema Kunsang
- Richard Barron's glossary
- Thomas Doctor's Tibetan-English terms
- Tibetan and English terms from: "Buddhist Terms - Multilingual Version" by Peter Gäng and Sylvia Wetzel, Buddhist Academy Berlin Brandenburg
- "Verbinator" Tibetan Verb Dictionary, taken from: Hill, Nathan (2010) "A Lexicon of Tibetan Verb Stems as Reported by the Grammatical Tradition" (Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, ISBN 978-3-7696-1004-8. If you want to support the author and the publisher please consider buying this book.
- Tsepak Rigdzin - Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terms
- The Uma Institute for Tibetan Studies Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Version: June 2015) by Jeffrey Hopkins and others.
- "Common Chinese-Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Buddhist Terminology", Compiled by Chung-An Lin and Hou-Wha Wang (only English and Tibetan terminology is incluced in the application).
- Dan Martin: “Tibetan Vocabulary.”
- Glossary for Mipham Rinpoche's Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1 (Rangjung Yeshe Publications)
- James Valby's Tibetan-English Dictionary
- Ives Waldo's glossary compilation
- Tibetan Computer Terms by the China Tibetology Research Center
- Tibetan definitions from major textbook authors of Sera Monastery (Tibetan)
- Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo (Tibetan)
- Dung dkar tshig mdzod chen mo (Tibetan)
- Dag yig gsar bsgrigs (Tibetan)
- Mahavyutpatti (Sanskrit terms)
- Glossary Based on the Mahāvyutpatti and Yogacarabhumi compiled by Richard Mahoney (Sanskrit terms)
- Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary by J.S. Negi
- Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionary Lokesh Chandra
- Tibetan abbreviations compiled by Bruno Lainé
More information about these dictionaries is available inside of the app itself.
Tibetan input occurs in Wylie or with a Tibetan keyboard layout (you can for example use the Tibetan keyboard from "Iron Rabbit" (Lobsang Monlam) which is available in the Google Play Store if you don't want to type in Wylie transliteration). If you prefer wylie input then you can use the app straight away without installing any additional keyboards.
See also www.christian-steinert.de for further resources and pointers to other Tibetan dictionary programs.
Common Problems:
This app needs to extract about 100 MB of dictionary data onto your device. This means that you need to have sufficient space on the internal memory of your device so that the app will work. If you have enough space but still encounter any problems when the applications starts up then please contact me and I will try to understand the problem that occurs on your device. Normally the app should work on all devices with Android 4.4 and higher but if it doesn't work for you then let me know. Some older Android devices have problems with showing the Tibetan font in the text field in which you are typing. In this case the only thing you can do is to change the application settings and tell the application to show the input text in Wylie transliteration instead of Tibetan script.
Version history
4 versions are listed, going back to v0.0.20. Since v0.0.24 it requires Android 7.0+.
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Permissions (3)
Tibetan-English Dictionary requests 3 permissions, 1 of them sensitive.
Tibetan-English Dictionary APK: questions and answers
Is there a version of Tibetan-English Dictionary for older Android phones?
The current version needs Android 7.0 or later. Version 0.0.20 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 4.4 and later. It is an old build: apps that rely on online services may no longer connect when they are this old. Get version 0.0.20 · All versions
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is the Tibetan-English Dictionary APK safe?
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