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dzongkha

/ˈdzɒŋkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
Dzong-kha
IPA
/ˈdzɒŋkə/
26
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The national language of Bhutan; Bhutanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ (rdzong kha), from རྫོང (rdzong, “jong”) + ཁ (kha, “language”).

Questions

How do you pronounce dzongkha?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdzɒŋkə/.
What does dzongkha mean?
The national language of Bhutan; Bhutanese.
Where does dzongkha come from?
Borrowed from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ (rdzong kha), from རྫོང (rdzong, “jong”) + ཁ (kha, “language”).

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