Etymology

Drukpa

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Today it means: Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people. Full definition →

dz,bo འབྲུག་པ
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  1. dz,bo · borrowed fromའབྲུག་པ“Bhutanese”
  2. English todayDrukpa

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa).

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