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Dzongkha Glossary: Terms A - L
Dzongkha Glossary: Terms M - Z
Dzongkha Glossary: Important Terms
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Dzongkha Glossary: Some Terms
A - L
A B C D E F G H I J K L
M N O P Q R S T U V W X
Y Z
A
Abi

anim

anim goempa

grandmother, granny

nun

nunnery

arhats
followers (those who had extinguished all defilements)
B
Bachem

bangchung

bazam, bazaam

bdud

be-yul

short sword

bamboo container

wooden roofed cantilever bridge

demon

the hidden land

bjo lha
learning words by spelling out
Boedra
lively folk songs originally performed by Boegarps or court attendants
Bukharis

Bukhari

burrey

wood fed stoves

wood fed heater

raw silk

bup or
three woven warps that make a kira piece
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C
chams

chang

chanjeys

chhampoen

champon

changkoe

chang

chang

chappati

chhaja

choejey

chelchang

chilip

chhu

religious dances

religious dances

gifts

school teacher

master dancer

a local brew made of rice

fermented cereal liquor

north

flat unleavened bread

hand movement

hereditary nobles

departure drink

foreigner

river

chimi
member of the National Assembly
choeps

chodey lhengtshog

local monks

religious commission

chupen
messenger
D
dappal

dato sarp yoe

dharma

dho-ngen

dkar

dhukhang

traditional wooden bowl

are still new

Bhuddist teaching

blue stone

white

congregation hall

doe
great altar representing the universe
dresi
fried sweet rice
doma pani
areca nut and betel leaf with a dash of lime,
doma

Dzongda

dongkhep

dongyu zinpa

betel nut

District Governor

cover of a thangka

lineage holders

Dra-phu

Draps

meditation cave

workers of the Lam

dratshang

Dratshang Lhentshog

central monk body

Council for Religious Affairs

drecha
a cylindrical wooden or metal tube and a pestle
dreys

drizang

Drogsing

doma pani

three kgs equals two dreys

saffron fragrance

eldest among the sisters

areca nut and betel leaf with a dash of lime

dresi
fried sweet rice
drizang
saffron fragrance
droma
kaser

Druk Gyalpo

dzong

drup-chu

duezangs

King of Bhutan

fort-monastery

sacred spring

auspicious days

dzongkda

dzongkha

dzongkhag

district administrator

national language

district

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E
ema shiku
pickle bowl
F
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G
gdzimdpon

gelongs

gho

geomba

gewog

goenkhang

goenpos

goenwang drubchog

chamberlain

monks

robe worn by Bhutanese men

Buddhist monastery

block, administrative unit

inner chapel of the lhakhang

deitiy

ritual ceremonies

Gonpoi Tongtshog Tangra
offering to the country's guardian deities
gomchens

gophu

gom

gup

gyangthong

gzhong

lay monks

small multi purpose bow

head

elected leader of a village

television

bowl

H
hemchu
gho pocket
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J
japhop

jhou

Je Khenpo

bowl for tea or curry

Chief Abbot

Lord Buddha

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K
kabney

karme kom

kaymeto

kera

kadhas

kharang

khechoe zam

kherig

men's scarf

butter lamp

widthways border

narrow woven belt

silk scarfs

corn-grain

values

skills

khomang
citric
kira
women's traditional wear
national dress for women
floor-length rectangular piece of cloth wrapped around the body over a blouse
koma
traditional broach-like silver hooks
kom

kudung

kuenrey

lamp

relics

common hall

kushuthara
special kind of weave using silk

kuthang

kyang

scroll painting

wild ass

L
la

lha

lhapu

lhakhang

logrig

Lopen


mountain pass

god, deity

bowls used by monks

monastery

computer

highest ranking lama just under His Holiness Je Khenpo

lopen, Bala's lopen
carpenter's measuring scale
Luu Chok
religious ceremony for sub-surface spirits
Lyonpo
minister
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