Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drukpa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: druk-pa
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.

adj

Of or pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.

adj

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.

Example Sentences

"Other valleys are inhabited by other ethnic groups but it is Drukpa culture that dominates when defining the national language, dress, religion, and architecture."
"His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Drokpa (alternative) Drupa (alternative) Drukpas (plural)

Synonyms

Bhutanese

Questions

What does drukpa mean?: Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
Where does drukpa come from?: Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa).

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