drukpa

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Definition of drukpa in English English dictionary

A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent

Collectively called the Drukpas, the Bhutanese people generally speak the official state language, Dzongkha, although several dialects are also used.

The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu ) school of Tibetan Buddhism

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

Synonyms

bhutanese

Etymology

() From Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ (’brug yul, “country of Bhutan”); འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ (’brug rgyal khab, “Kingdom of Bhutan”); from Dzongkha འབྲུག (’brug, “Bhutan”); འབྲུག་པ (’brug pa, “Bhutanese”).