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Drukpa en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
2. (not-comparable, qualifier:more narrowly) Of 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-comparable) Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
   • His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.

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Drukpa en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa).

Meanings

1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.

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Synonyms

Bhutanese

Drukpa en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa).

Meanings

1. The Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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