Drukpa
Meanings
adj
- Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
- Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
- Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
noun
- A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.
name
- The Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa).
Synonyms
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