Bhutan

See also: Bhután and Bhútán

English

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Bhutan

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Map of Bhutan (2010)

Alternative forms

• Bootan (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bhoutan, from Nepali भुटान (bhuṭān), from Prakrit 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta, “Tibet”, literally “end of Tibet”); probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”) + Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “end”). Traditionally considered to be derived via Sanskrit भोटान्त (bhoṭānta), but that word is probably a Prakritism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːˈtɑːn/, /buːˈtæn/
• enPR: bo͝otänʹ

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn

Proper noun

Bhutan

2. A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.
   • [1763, “India Beyond the Ganges”, in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences […] , volume II, London: W. Owen, →OCLC, page 1756, column 2:

     INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES, is a country bounded by Thibet and Boutan on the north ; by China, Tonquin, and Cochin China on the eaſt ; by the Indian Ocean on the ſouth ; and by the hither India , the bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca on the weſt: […]]

   • 2024 January 10, “Former PM Tobgay’s party wins Bhutan parliamentary elections”, in EFE‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 January 2024‎^[3]:

     The problems for Bhutan, a country largely dependent on tourism but that has imposed restrictions to prevent environmental destruction, began worsening since the coronavirus pandemic.
     The mountainous and isolated kingdom has opted in recent years for a timid openness but remains firm in its desire to avoid mass tourism and to preserve an identity shaped, compared to other minorities, around the traditions of the Tibetan-origin ‘Drukpa’ ethnic group, which professes Mahayana Buddhism.

   • 2024 July 4, Lilit Marcus, “This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?”, in CNN‎^[4]:

     Most foreigners who have heard of Bhutan know two things: the country charges international visitors a $100/day sustainable development fee (aka tourist tax), and that it is the birthplace of the Gross National Happiness Index, a system intended to look after the well-being of citizens and the environment.

Derived terms

• Bhutan cypress
• Bhutanese
• Bhutan pine
• Bhutan Time

Descendants

Descendants

• → Albanian: Bhutan
• → Arabic: بُوتَان (būtān)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܗܘܼܛܵܢ (bhūṭān)
• → Burmese: ဘူတန် (bhutan)
• → Chinese:
  • Cantonese: 不丹 (bat1 daan1)
  • Mandarin: 不丹 (Bùdān)
• → Danish: Bhutan
• → Dhivehi: ބޫޓާން (būṭān̊)
• → Dutch: Bhutan
• → Esperanto: Butano
• → Estonian: Bhutan
• → Faroese: Butan
• → Finnish: Bhutan
• → German: Bhutan
• → Greek: Μπουτάν (Boután)
• → Gujarati: ભૂતાન (bhūtān)
• → Hausa: Butan, Bhutan
• → Hebrew: בְּהוּטָן
• → Interlingua: Bhutan
• → Irish: An Bhútáin
• → Icelandic: Bútan
• → Italian: Bhutan
• → Japanese: ブータン (Būtan)
• → Kalenjin: Butani
• → Kamba: Butani
• → Kannada: ಭೂತಾನ್ (bhūtān)
• → Kikuyu: Butan
• → Korean: 부탄 (Butan)
• → Northern Kurdish: Bûtan
• → Lao: ພູຖານ (phū thān)
• → Luhya: Butani
• → Malay: Bhutan
• → Malayalam: ഭൂട്ടാൻ (bhūṭṭāṉ)
• → Maltese: il-Butan
• → Manx: Yn Vootaan
• → Maori: Putāna, Purutāna
• → Meru: Butan
• → Mongolian:

  Cyrillic script: Бутан (Butan)

• → Norman: Bhutan
• → Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: Bhutan

  Norwegian Nynorsk: Bhutan

• → Pashto: بوټان (buṭān)
• → Persian: بوتان (butân)
• → Polish: Bhutan
• → Portuguese: Butão
• → Romanian: Bhutan
• → Punjabi: ਭੂਟਾਨ (bhūṭān)
• → Polish: Bhutan
• → Russian: Бута́н (Bután)
  • → Bashkir: Бутан (Butan)
  • → Belarusian: Бута́н (Bután)
  • → Bulgarian: Бута́н (Bután)
  • → Crimean Tatar: Butan
  • → Georgian: ბჰუტანი (bhuṭani)
  • → Kazakh: Бутан (Butan)
  • → Kyrgyz: Бутан (Butan)
  • → Latvian: Butāna
  • → Lithuanian: Butanas
  • → Macedonian: Бутан (Butan)
  • → Tajik: Бутан (Butan)
  • → Turkmen: Butan
  • → Tatar: Бутан (Butan)
  • → Ukrainian: Бута́н (Bután)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Бу̀та̄н

  Latin script: Bùtān

• → Sindhi: ڀوٽان (bhoṭā̃)
• → Sinhalese: භූතානය (bhūtānaya)
• → Slovak: Bhután
• → Spanish: Bután
  • → Galician: Bután
• → Swahili: Butani
• → Swedish: Bhutan
• → Tamil: பூட்டான் (pūṭṭāṉ)
• → Telugu: భూటాన్ (bhūṭān)
• → Thai: ภูฏาน (puu-dtaan)
• → Urdu: بھوٹان (bhūṭān)
• → Uyghur: بۇتان (butan)
• → Uzbek: Butan
• → Vietnamese: Bu-tan
• → Volapük: Butän
• → Swedish: Bhutan
• → Turkish: Bhutan
• → Welsh: Bhwtan
• → Yiddish: בוטאַן (butan)
• → Yoruba: Bútánì

Translations

Himalayan country

• Afrikaans: Bhoetan
• Albanian: Butani m
• Arabic: بُوتَان f (būtān)
• Armenian: Բութան (hy) (Butʻan)
• Assamese: ভূটান (bhutan)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܗܘܼܛܵܢ f (Bhuṭan)
• Asturian: Bután (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Butan (az)
• Bashkir: Бутан (Butan)
• Belarusian: Бута́н m (Bután)
• Bengali: ভুটান (bn) (bhuṭan), ভোট (bn) (bhōṭ), ভোটদেশ (bn) (bhōṭodeś)
• Breton: Bhoutan
• Bulgarian: Бута́н (bg) m (Bután)
• Burmese: ဘူတန် (bhutan)
• Catalan: Bhutan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 不丹 (bat¹ daan¹)

  Mandarin: 不丹 (zh) (Bùdān)

• Crimean Tatar: Butan
• Czech: Bhútán (cs) m
• Danish: Bhutan n
• Dhivehi: ބޫޓާން (būṭān̊)
• Dutch: Bhutan (nl) n
• Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ ('brug yul), བོདཤ་ཐཱན (bodsh thān) (anti-nationalist)
• Esperanto: Butano (eo)
• Estonian: Bhutan (et)
• Faroese: Butan n
• Finnish: Bhutan (fi)
• French: Bhoutan (fr) m
• Galician: Bután (gl)
• Georgian: ბჰუტანი (ka) (bhuṭani)
• German: Bhutan (de)
• Greek: Μπουτάν (el) n (Boután)
• Gujarati: ભૂતાન (bhūtān)
• Hausa: Butan, Bhutan
• Hebrew: בְּהוּטָן f (butan)
• Hindi: भूटान (hi) m (bhūṭān)
• Hungarian: Bhután (hu)
• Icelandic: Bútan (is) n
• Indonesian: Bhutan (id)
• Interlingua: Bhutan
• Irish: An Bhútáin f
• Italian: Bhutan (it) m
• Japanese: ブータン (ja) (Būtan)
• Kalenjin: Butani
• Kamba: Butani
• Kannada: ಭೂತಾನ್ (bhūtān)
• Kazakh: Бутан (kk) (Butan)
• Khmer: ប៊ូតង់ (km) (buutɑng)
• Kikuyu: Butan
• Korean: 부탄 (ko) (Butan)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bûtan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Бутан (ky) (Butan)
• Lao: ພູຖານ (phū thān), ບູຕັງ (bū tang)
• Latvian: Butāna (lv) f
• Lepcha: ᰎᰥᰨᰜᰤᰦᰵ (prolyáng)
• Lithuanian: Butanas (lt) m
• Luhya: Butani
• Luo: Butan
• Macedonian: Бутан (mk) m (Butan)
• Malay: Bhutan (ms)
• Malayalam: ഭൂട്ടാൻ (bhūṭṭāṉ)
• Maltese: il-Butan
• Manipuri: ꯚꯨꯇꯥꯟ (bhutān)
• Manx: Yn Vootaan f
• Maori: Putāna, Purutāna
• Marathi: भूतान (bhūtān)
• Meru: Butan
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бутан (Butan)

• Navajo: Iiʼniʼ Tłʼiishtsoh bikéyah
• Nepali: भुटान (bhuṭān)
• Norman: Bhutan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bhutan (no)

  Nynorsk: Bhutan (nn)

• Occitan: Botan
• Odia: ଭୁଟାନ (bhuṭāna)
• Ottoman Turkish: بوتان (butan)
• Pashto: بوټان m (buṭān)
• Persian: بوتان (fa) (butân)
• Polish: Bhutan (pl)
• Portuguese: Butão (pt)
• Punjabi: ਭੂਟਾਨ m (bhūṭān)
• Romanian: Bhutan (ro) n
• Russian: Бута́н (ru) m (Bután)
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱴᱟᱱ (bhuṭan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бу̀та̄н m

  Roman: Bùtān (sh) m

• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sindhi: ڀوٽان (bhoṭā̃)
• Sinhalese: භූතානය (bhūtānaya)
• Slovak: Bhután m
• Spanish: Bután (es)
• Swahili: Butani (sw)
• Swedish: Bhutan (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠜꠥꠐꠣꠘ (búṭan)
• Tajik: Бутан (Butan)
• Tamil: பூட்டான் (pūṭṭāṉ)
• Tatar: Бутан (Butan)
• Telugu: భూటాన్ (te) (bhūṭān)
• Thai: ภูฏาน (th) (puu-dtaan)
• Tibetan: འབྲུག་ཡུལ ('brug yul)
• Turkish: Bhutan (tr)
• Turkmen: Butan
• Ukrainian: Бута́н (uk) m (Bután)
• Urdu: بھوٹان m (bhūṭān)
• Uyghur: بۇتان (butan)
• Uzbek: Butan (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bu-tan
• Volapük: Butän (vo)
• Welsh: Bhutan
• Yiddish: בוטאַן n (butan)

See also

• Bhutanese
• Thimphu
• Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Egypt
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Anagrams

• Thuban

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [buˈtan]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Bhutan m

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Derived terms

• bhutanès

Danish

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈtaːn/, /buˈtɑn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bhu‧tan
• Rhymes: -aːn, -ɑn

Proper noun

Bhutan n

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas) [from 19th c.]

Estonian

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Finnish

Etymology

From Nepali भुटान (bhuṭān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbutɑn/, [ˈbut̪ɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -utɑn

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Declension

Inflection of Bhutan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Bhutan	—
genitive		Bhutanin	—
partitive		Bhutania	—
illative		Bhutaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bhutan	—
accusative	nom.	Bhutan	—
	gen.	Bhutanin
genitive		Bhutanin	—
partitive		Bhutania	—
inessive		Bhutanissa	—
elative		Bhutanista	—
illative		Bhutaniin	—
adessive		Bhutanilla	—
ablative		Bhutanilta	—
allative		Bhutanille	—
essive		Bhutanina	—
translative		Bhutaniksi	—
abessive		Bhutanitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bhutan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bhutanini — accusative nom. Bhutanini — gen. Bhutanini genitive Bhutanini — partitive Bhutaniani — inessive Bhutanissani — elative Bhutanistani — illative Bhutaniini — adessive Bhutanillani — ablative Bhutaniltani — allative Bhutanilleni — essive Bhutaninani — translative Bhutanikseni — abessive Bhutanittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bhutanisi — accusative nom. Bhutanisi — gen. Bhutanisi genitive Bhutanisi — partitive Bhutaniasi — inessive Bhutanissasi — elative Bhutanistasi — illative Bhutaniisi — adessive Bhutanillasi — ablative Bhutaniltasi — allative Bhutanillesi — essive Bhutaninasi — translative Bhutaniksesi — abessive Bhutanittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bhutanimme — accusative nom. Bhutanimme — gen. Bhutanimme genitive Bhutanimme — partitive Bhutaniamme — inessive Bhutanissamme — elative Bhutanistamme — illative Bhutaniimme — adessive Bhutanillamme — ablative Bhutaniltamme — allative Bhutanillemme — essive Bhutaninamme — translative Bhutaniksemme — abessive Bhutanittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bhutaninne — accusative nom. Bhutaninne — gen. Bhutaninne genitive Bhutaninne — partitive Bhutanianne — inessive Bhutanissanne — elative Bhutanistanne — illative Bhutaniinne — adessive Bhutanillanne — ablative Bhutaniltanne — allative Bhutanillenne — essive Bhutaninanne — translative Bhutaniksenne — abessive Bhutanittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bhutaninsa — accusative nom. Bhutaninsa — gen. Bhutaninsa genitive Bhutaninsa — partitive Bhutaniaan Bhutaniansa — inessive Bhutanissaan Bhutanissansa — elative Bhutanistaan Bhutanistansa — illative Bhutaniinsa — adessive Bhutanillaan Bhutanillansa — ablative Bhutaniltaan Bhutaniltansa — allative Bhutanilleen Bhutanillensa — essive Bhutaninaan Bhutaninansa — translative Bhutanikseen Bhutaniksensa — abessive Bhutanittaan Bhutanittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• bhutanilainen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːtaːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Butan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Bhutan n (proper noun, genitive Bhutans or (optionally with an article) Bhutan)

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Derived terms

• bhutanisch
• Bhutaner

Interlingua

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Italian

Proper noun

Bhutan m

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Derived terms

• bhutanese

Anagrams

• Thuban

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Related terms

• bhutaner
• bhutansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Related terms

• bhutanar
• bhutansk

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -utan
• Syllabification: Bhu‧tan
• Homophone: butan

Proper noun

Bhutan m inan (related adjective bhutański)

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Declension

Declension of Bhutan

	singular
nominative	Bhutan
genitive	Bhutanu
dative	Bhutanowi
accusative	Bhutan
instrumental	Bhutanem
locative	Bhutanie
vocative	Bhutanie

Derived terms

nouns

• Bhutanka
• Bhutańczyk

Further reading

• Bhutan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Bhutan in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”), traditionally considered to be derived via Sanskrit भोट-अन्त (bhoṭa-anta, “end of Tibet”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bhutan n (genitive Bhutans)

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Related terms

• bhutanesisk (“Bhutanese”, adjective)
• bhutanes c (“Bhutanese male”)
• bhutanesiska c (“Bhutanese female”)

See also

countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenien
• Azerbajdzjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma
• Cypern
• Filippinerna
• Förenade arabemiraten
• Georgien
• Indien
• Indonesien
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Jemen
• Jordanien
• Kambodja
• Kazakstan
• Kina
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Malaysia
• Maldiverna
• Mongoliet
• Nepal
• Nordkorea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Qatar
• Ryssland
• Saudiarabien
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Sydkorea
• Syrien
• Tadzjikistan
• Thailand
• Turkiet
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Östtimor

References

• Bhutan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bhutan

1. Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)

Welsh

Proper noun

Bhutan

1. alternative form of Bhwtan: Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)