"Tenzin" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /tɛnˈzɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|བསྟན་འཛིན}} Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tenzin
  1. A unisex given name from Tibetan Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names Synonyms: Tenzing, Stanzin (alt: Ladakhi) Translations (unisex Tibetan given name): བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin) (Tibetan)

Alternative forms

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