Je Khenpo

noun

The religious head of Bhutan.

Origindz,bo རྗེ་མཁན་པོ →
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Meanings

nounJe Khenpo (plural Je Khenpos)

plural Je Khenpos

  1. The religious head of Bhutan.

Origin

  1. dz,boརྗེ་མཁན་པོ
  2. EnglishJe Khenpo

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan རྗེ་མཁན་པོ (rje mkhan po, literally “Chief Abbot”).

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APA

Je Khenpo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Je%20Khenpo

MLA

“Je Khenpo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Je%20Khenpo. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Je Khenpo,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Je%20Khenpo.

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