English

Noun

Drukpa ‎(plural Drukpa)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.
2. The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu) school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Synonyms

• Bhutanese

Adjective

Drukpa ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
2. Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
   • 2006, Zetter, Roger & Watson, Georgia Butina, Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 0754643557, page 25:

     Other valleys are inhabited by other ethnic groups but it is Drukpa culture that dominates when defining the national language, dress, religion, and architecture.

3. Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
   • His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.

References

• Dimri, Jaiwanti. The Drukpa Mystique: Bhutan in the 21st Century (2004) ISBN 8172731566
• Dargay, Yonten. History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan Thimphu: NLB (2001) ISBN 9993661600