Drukpa

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adjective

Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.

“His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.”

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adjectiveDrukpa (not comparable)

alternative Drokpa · alternative Drupa

  1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
  2. not comparablemore narrowlyOf or pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.

    Other valleys are inhabited by other ethnic groups but it is Drukpa culture that dominates when defining the national language, dress, religion, and architecture.

    2006, Zetter, Roger & Watson, Georgia Butina, Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 25
  3. not comparablePertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

    His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.

nounDrukpa (plural Drukpas or Drukpa)

plural Drukpas · alternative Drokpa · alternative Drupa

  1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.

    Synonyms: Bhutanese

proper noun

alternative Drokpa · alternative Drupa

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.

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Origin

  1. dz,boའབྲུག་པ“Bhutanese”
  2. EnglishDrukpa

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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Drukpa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drukpa

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“Drukpa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drukpa. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Drukpa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drukpa.

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