English Explanatory Dictionary

Lhotshampa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan.

Word forms

Lhotshampa Lhotshampas Lhotsampa

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ (lho mtshams pa, literally “southern borderlander”).

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