Sherpa

sherpa English + people + language + (emissary) Etymology From en bo ཤར་པ། eastern people, from bo ཤར east + bo པ suffix nominalizing suffix. The reason for this derivation is unclear, but a common explanation notes that the Sherpas originated in eastern Tibet. The community is based in the Nepalese highlands, however, which is south of Tibet. Pronunciation en /ˈʃɝpə/ US Noun s * A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers. A high-ranking government official who works tirelessly in the background to conclude the text of an official communiqué, typically from a G7 or G20 summit. 2018-12-01 Julian Borger https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/01/g20-leaders-donald-trump-rules-based-order-wto-reform G20 agreement backs 'rules-based' order but bows to Trump on trade reforms Sherpas from the European Union and 19 countries worked through the week to salvage a meaningful joint statement, culminating in an all-night session on Friday. https://web.archive.org/web/20190429080943/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/01/g20-leaders-donald-trump-rules-based-order-wto-reform Translations member of an ethnic group Catalan: ca xerpa m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 夏爾巴人 German: de Sherpa m Hindi: hi शेर्पा Hungarian: hu serpa Nepali: ne शेर्पा Polish: pl Szerpa m, pl Szerpijka f Portuguese: pt xerpa m f Russian: ru ше́рпа m Sherpa: xsr ཤེརཔཱ, xsr शेर्पा Spanish: es sherpa m f Tibetan: bo ཤར་བ Proper noun The Southern Tibetan language of these people. Translations language Catalan: ca xerpa m Finnish: fi šerpa German: de Sherpa Nepali: ne शेर्पा भाषा Portuguese: pt xerpa m Russian: ru шерпский Sherpa: xsr शेर्वी तम्ङे Tibetan: bo ཤར་པའི་སྐད Further reading xsr xsr Anagrams en aehprs E sharp E-sharp Harpes Sharpe Spehar e sharp e-sharp harpes hepars pasher phares phaser phrase raphes seraph shaper sharpe shrape sphear en Languages