Bhutanese

See also: bhutanese

English

Etymology

From Bhutan +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bu.təˈniːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

Bhutanese (plural Bhutanese)

1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.

Translations

person from Bhutan

• Afrikaans: Bhoetaan, Bhoetanees
• Assamese: ভূটীয়া (bhutia)
• Asturian: butanés (ast) m, butanesa (ast) f
• Bengali: ভুট্টি (bn) (bhuṭṭi)
• Catalan: bhutanès m
• Czech: Bhútánec (cs) m
• Dutch: Bhutanees (nl) m, Bhutanese (nl) f
• Esperanto: butanano m, butananino f
• Finnish: bhutanilainen (fi)
• French: Bhoutanais (fr) m, Bhoutanaise (fr) f
• Galician: butanés (gl)
• German: Bhutaner (de) m, Bhutanerin (de) f
• Greek: Μπουτανέζος (el) m (Boutanézos), Μπουτανέζα (el) f (Boutanéza)
• Interlingua: bhutanese
• Irish: Bútánach m
• Italian: bhutanese m or f, bhutanesi pl
• Marathi: भुतानी (bhutānī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bhutaner m

  Nynorsk: bhutanar (nn) m

• Polish: Bhutańczyk (pl) m pers, Bhutanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: butanês (pt) m
• Romanian: bhutanez m, bhutaneză f
• Russian: бута́нец (ru) m (butánec), бута́нка f (butánka)
• Spanish: butanés (es) m, butanesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mbutani (sw)
• Tibetan: འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa)

Adjective

Bhutanese (comparative more Bhutanese, superlative most Bhutanese)

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

Synonyms

• Drukpa

Translations

pertaining to Bhutan

• Afrikaans: Bhoetaans, Bhoetanees
• Assamese: ভূটিয়া (bhutia)
• Asturian: butanés (ast)
• Bengali: ভুট্টি (bn) (bhuṭṭi)
• Catalan: bhutanès
• Czech: bhútánský (cs)
• Dutch: Bhutanees (nl)
• Finnish: bhutanilainen (fi)
• French: bhoutanais (fr)
• Galician: butanés (gl)
• German: bhutanisch (de)
• Greek: μπουτανέζικος (el) (boutanézikos)
• Irish: Bútánach
• Marathi: भुतानी (bhutānī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bhutansk

  Nynorsk: bhutansk (nn)

• Polish: bhutański (pl) m
• Portuguese: butanês (pt)
• Romanian: bhutanez
• Russian: бута́нский (ru) (butánskij)
• Spanish: butanés (es)
• Swahili: Kibutani
• Swedish: bhutanesisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: бута́нський (butánsʹkyj)

Proper noun

Bhutanese

1. Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan.
   • 2020, Simon Anholt, The Good Country Equation, page 52:

     Very conveniently for those of us who don't speak Bhutanese, nearly everybody in Bhutan speaks perfect British English since it is the language of instruction in their schools.