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Added 7 October 2026

bod

/bɒd/ symbol

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ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Tibetan.

noun

The body.
Fred likes to keep his bod in shape.
A person.

Origin

Clipping of body. The sense of “person” may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.

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