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Drukpa

Drukpa adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.

Adjective

Drukpa (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
  2. (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. Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
    • His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.

Noun

Drukpa (plural Drukpas or Drukpa)

  1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.
    Synonyms:
    Bhutanese

Proper noun

Drukpa

  1. The Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Synonyms of Drukpa

Forms of Drukpa

Adjective
alternative formDrokpa
alternative formDrupa
Noun
pluralDrukpas
pluralDrukpa

Origin of Drukpa

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

Phrases with Drukpa

Questions about Drukpa

What does Drukpa mean?
Drukpa means of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
What part of speech is Drukpa?
Drukpa can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Drukpa in the dictionary

  1. Drujegang
  2. druk
  3. Druk Gyalpo
  4. Druk Gyalpos
  5. Drukarsh
  6. Drukpa
  7. Drukpa Kagyu
  8. Drukpas
  9. druks
  10. drum
  11. drum 'n' bass

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