Etymology

Lhotshampa

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Today it means: A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan. Full definition →

dz ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ
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  1. dz · borrowed fromལྷོ་མཚམས་པ
  2. English todayLhotshampa

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ (lho mtshams pa, literally “southern borderlander”).

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