Meanings
alternative Drokpa · alternative Drupa
- 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 - not comparablePertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.
Origin
- dz,boའབྲུག་པ“Bhutanese”
- 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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