Etymology

Wangchuck

Wang·chuck
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Today it means: A surname from Dzongkha, best known for being used by the ruling royal dynasty of Bhutan, established in 1907 by Ugyen Wangchuck. Full definition →

dz དབང་ཕྱུག
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  1. dz · borrowed fromདབང་ཕྱུག
  2. English todayWangchuck

Borrowed from Dzongkha དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug), from a compound of དབང (dbang, “power, dominion, authority”) + ཕྱུག (phyug, “rich, endowed with”).

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