Contents 1 Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan dictionary for mobile devices 1.1 Overview 1.2 Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch 1.3 Tibetan dictionaries for iPad 1.4 Tibetan dictionaries for N900, Meego, Maemo devices 1.4.1 Installation 1.4.1.1 Get a dictionary app for the N900 that supports stardict 1.4.1.2 Setup 1.5 Tibetan dictionaries for Android devices 1.5.1 Installation 1.5.1.1 Get a dictionary app for Android that supports stardict 1.5.1.2 Setup 1.6 Download resources 1.7 Internal Links 1.8 External Links 1.9 Credits

Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan dictionary for mobile devices

Note: The following dictionaries are based on the Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan dictionary created by Erik Pema Kunsang, the Rangjung Yeshe Shedra and the people at DharmaDictionary.net. They are published with the kind permission of Erik Pema Kunsang.

Note: in order to help improving future versions of the dictionary:

• if you cannot find an entry in those dictionaries above, please create an (empty) entry on http://dharmadictionary.net. This way a definition can be added later.
• If you know the definition yourself, of course you can directly add it to http://dharmadictionary.net.

Overview

Currently the best mobile devices for working Tibetan are iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, since with operating system update OS-X 4.2.1 Tibetan is fully supported: the iPhone can display Tibetan Unicode correctly and supports a Tibetan input method. For installation, follow:

• Tibetan keyboard, see: Tibetan Input Method for Apple iOS 4.2 devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch).

Virtually all apps now support Tibetan, including:

• dictionary programs (see below),
  • Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch
  • Tibetan Dictionary for iPad
• flash card programs,
• web browser,
• editors and notes software,
• and many more...

Another good mobile device for working with Tibetan is the Nokia N900. It supports a number of Tibetan applications including:

• Free dictionary applications that work with the Rangjung Yeshe dictionary.
• Ability to install and correctly render Tibetan fonts
• Ability to browse web sites in Tibetan script
• Flashcard programs that correctly display Tibetan script

See below for installation instructions.

Additionally there is support for Android phones. However those devices are unable to correctly render Tibetan script^[1] (Wylie transliteration only) and the applications required are not free.

Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch

• Check the page: Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch

Tibetan dictionaries for iPad

• Check the page: Tibetan Dictionary for iPad

Tibetan dictionaries for N900, Meego, Maemo devices

Installation

Get a dictionary app for the N900 that supports stardict

• There are two free dictionary applications available in the maemo repositories that support startdict format: QStarDict and MStardict.

Easier to use is MStardict:

Setup

1. Install MStardict on your N900 using the N900 application installer.
2. Download the three uncompressed RangjungYeshe dictionary files: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.dict.dz, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.idx, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.ifo
3. Connect your N900 via USB. Install the three files within a mstardict folder within the N900 internal memory. Simply create this folder in the top-level of the USB-drive of your internal N900 memory if it doesn't exist.
4. Enable the RangjungYesheTibetanWylie dictionary (screen shot 1)

Tibetan dictionaries for Android devices

Installation

Get a dictionary app for Android that supports stardict

• There is a number of free dictionary applications for Android that support the stardict format.

A free Android dictionary application that works and does not display annoying ads is WordMate.

Setup

1. Install WordMate using the Android store.
2. Download the three completely uncompressed RangjungYeshe dictionary files: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.dict, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.idx, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.ifo
3. Connect your Android phone via USB as USB memory stick. Install the three files within a wordmade folder that has already been created by the application.

Download resources

• Download the Tibetan Wylie dictionary as zip: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.zip (for iPhone, iPod touch)
• Download the Tibetan Wylie dictionary as tar.bz2: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.tar.bz2 (alternative compression method)
• Download the Tibetan Wylie dictionary as tar.gz: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.tar.gz (alternative compression method)

Uncompressed dictionary files: (needed for Nokia N900, Voice Dict pro for iPad)

• Please download all three files: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.dict.dz, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.idx, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.ifo

Competely uncompressed dictionary files: (needed for Android WordMate)

• Please download all three files: RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.dict, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.idx, RangjungYesheTibetanWylie.ifo

Internal Links

• Tibetan Dictionaries
  • Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch
  • Tibetan Dictionary for iPad

External Links

• dharmadictionary.net, this wiki contains the latest Tibetan dictionary content.
• Rangjung Yeshe Shedra

Credits

Thank you to the people at the Rangjung Yeshe Shedra and the editors of dharmadictionary.net for the creation of the dictionary. A special thank-you to Erik Pema Kunsang for making this all possible.

1. ↑ This will change for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with iOS version 4.2 which supports correct display of Unicode Tibetan.