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Bhutan
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Bhután Bhútán
English
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thumb|Map of Bhutan (2010)
Alternative forms
en Bootan archaic
Etymology
en :bor fr:Bhoutan 1
en fr Bhoutan, from en ne भुटान, from en pra 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 Tibet end of Tibet; probably ultimately from en bo བོད Tibet + en sa अन्त end. Traditionally considered to be derived via sa भोटान्त, but that word is probably a Prakritism.
Pronunciation
en /buːˈtɑːn/ /buːˈtæn/
bo͝otänʹen 1952 Bhutan Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 212 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/212/ 2
en En-us-Bhutan.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Bhutan.wav UK
en ɑːn æn 2
Proper noun
en Q917en country r/South Asia in the Himalayas Kingdom of Bhutan Thimphu.
en 1763 India Beyond the Ganges A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences II https://archive.org/details/newcompletedicti02wharuoft/ London W. Owen 976750885 1756 https://archive.org/details/newcompletedicti02wharuoft/page/1756/ 2 INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES, is a country bounded by Thibet and Boutan on the north ; by China, Tonquin, and Cochin China on the eat ; by the Indian Ocean on the outh ; and by the hither India , the bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca on the wet: on
en 10 January 2024 Former PM Tobgay’s party wins Bhutan parliamentary elections w:EFE https://web.archive.org/web/20240112215312/https://efe.com/en/other-news/2024-01-10/former-pm-tobgays-party-wins-bhutan-parliamentary-elections/ https://efe.com/en/other-news/2024-01-10/former-pm-tobgays-party-wins-bhutan-parliamentary-elections/ 12 January 2024 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.
en Lilit Marcus This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/life-in-bhutan-intl-hnk/index.html 2024-07-04 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251209153652/https://www.cnn.com/travel/life-in-bhutan-intl-hnk/index.html 9 December 2025
Derived terms
en Bhutan pine Bhutan cypress Bhutanese Bhutan Time
Descendants
2 desc
sq Bhutan 1
ar بُوتَان 1
aii ܒܗܘܼܛܵܢ 1
my ဘူတန် 1
zh 1
yue 不丹 bat1 daan1
cmn 不丹 Bùdān
da Bhutan 1
dv ބޫޓާން 1
nl Bhutan 1
eo Butano 1
et Bhutan 1
fo Butan 1
fi Bhutan 1
de Bhutan 1
el Μπουτάν 1
gu ભૂતાન 1
ha Butan Bhutan 1
he בְּהוּטָן 1
ia Bhutan 1
ga Bútáin 1
is Bútan 1
it Bhutan 1
ja ブータン Būtan 1
kln Butani 1
kam Butani 1
kn ಭೂತಾನ್ 1
ki Butan 1
ko ^부탄 1
kmr Bûtan 1
lo ພູຖານ 1
luy Butani 1
ms Bhutan 1
ml ഭൂട്ടാൻ 1
mt Butan il-Butan 1
gv Bootaan Yn Vootaan 1
mi Putāna Purutāna 1
mer Butan 1
mn 1
mn Бутан 1
nrf Bhutan 1
no 1
nb Bhutan
nn Bhutan
ps بوټان buṭān 1
fa بوتان butân 1
pl Bhutan 1
pt Butão 1
ro Bhutan 1
pa ਭੂਟਾਨ 1
pl Bhutan 1
ru Бута́н 1
ba Бутан 1
be Бута́н 1
bg Бута́н 1
crh Butan 1
ka ბჰუტანი 1
kk Бутан 1
ky Бутан 1
lv Butāna 1
lt Butanas 1
mk Бутан 1
tg Бутан 1
tk Butan 1
tt Бутан 1
uk Бута́н 1
sh 1
sh Бу̀та̄н 1
sh Bùtān 1
sd ڀوٽان 1
si භූතානය 1
sk Bhután 1
es Bután 1
gl Bután 1
sw Butani 1
sv Bhutan 1
ta பூட்டான் 1
te భూటాన్ 1
th ภูฏาน 1
ur بھوٹان bhūṭān 1
ug بۇتان 1
uz Butan 1
vi Bu-tan 1
vo Butän 1
sv Bhutan 1
tr Bhutan 1
cy Bhwtan 1
yi בוטאַן 1
yo Bútánì 1
Translations
Q917 Himalayan country
Abkhaz: ab Бутан
Afrikaans: af Bhoetan
Albanian: sq Butani m
Arabic: ar بُوتَان f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܗܘܼܛܵܢ Bhuṭan f
Armenian: hy Բութան
Assamese: as ভূটান
Asturian: ast Bután
Azerbaijani: az Butan
Bashkir: ba Бутан
Belarusian: be Бута́н m
Bengali: bn ভুটান, bn ভোট, bn ভোটদেশ
Breton: br Bhoutan
Bulgarian: bg Бута́н m
Burmese: my ဘူတန်
Catalan: ca Bhutan m
Cherokee: chr ᏊᏔᏂ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 不丹 bat1 daan1
Mandarin: cmn 不丹 Bùdān
Crimean Tatar: crh Butan
Czech: cs Bhútán m
Danish: da Bhutan n
Dhivehi: dv ބޫޓާން
Dutch: nl Bhutan n
Dzongkha: dz འབྲུག་ཡུལ, dz བོདཤ་ཐཱན anti-nationalist
Esperanto: eo Butano
Estonian: et Bhutan
Faroese: fo Butan n
Finnish: fi Bhutan
French: fr Bhoutan m
Galician: gl Bután
Georgian: ka ბჰუტანი
German: de Bhutan
Greek: el Μπουτάν n
Gujarati: gu ભૂતાન
Hausa: ha Butan, ha Bhutan
Hebrew: he בְּהוּטָן f butan
Hindi: hi भूटान m
Hungarian: hu Bhután
Icelandic: is Bútan n
Indonesian: id Bhutan
Interlingua: ia Bhutan
Irish: ga Bútáin f An Bhútáin
Italian: it Bhutan m
Japanese: ja ブータン Būtan
Kalenjin: kln Butani
Kamba: kam Butani
Kannada: kn ಭೂತಾನ್
Kazakh: kk Бутан
Khmer: km ប៊ូតង់
Kikuyu: ki Butan
Korean: ko ^부탄
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Bûtan
Kyrgyz: ky Бутан
Lao: lo ພູຖານ, lo ບູຕັງ
Latvian: lv Butāna f
Lepcha: lep ᰎᰥᰨᰜᰤᰦᰵ
Lithuanian: lt Butanas m
Luhya: luy Butani
Luo: luo Butan
Macedonian: mk Бутан m
Malay: ms Bhutan
Malayalam: ml ഭൂട്ടാൻ
Maltese: mt Butan il-Butan
Manipuri: mni ꯚꯨꯇꯥꯟ
Manx: gv Bootaan f Yn Vootaan
Māori: mi Putāna, mi Purutāna
Marathi: mr भूतान
Meru: mer Butan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Бутан
Navajo: nv Iiʼniʼ Tłʼiishtsoh bikéyah
Nepali: ne भुटान
Norman: nrf Bhutan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Bhutan
Nynorsk: nn Bhutan
Occitan: oc Botan
Odia: or ଭୁଟାନ
Pashto: ps بوټان m buṭān
Persian: fa بوتان butân
Polish: pl Bhutan
Portuguese: pt Butão
Punjabi: pa ਭੂਟਾਨ m
Romanian: ro Bhutan n
Russian: ru Бута́н m
Sanskrit: sa भोटान्त, sa भोटाङ्ग
Santali: sat ᱵᱷᱩᱴᱟᱱ
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бу̀та̄н m
Latin: sh Bùtān m
Sikkimese: sip
Sindhi: sd ڀوٽان
Sinhalese: si භූතානය
Slovak: sk Bhután m
Spanish: es Bután
Swahili: sw Butani
Swedish: sv Bhutan n
Sylheti: syl ꠜꠥꠐꠣꠘ
Tajik: tg Бутан
Tamil: ta பூட்டான்
Tatar: tt Бутан
Telugu: te భూటాన్
Thai: th ภูฏาน
Tibetan: bo འབྲུག་ཡུལ
Turkish: tr Bhutan
Ottoman Turkish: ota بوتان butan
Turkmen: tk Butan
Ukrainian: uk Бута́н m
Urdu: ur بھوٹان m bhūṭān
Uyghur: ug بۇتان
Uzbek: uz Butan
Vietnamese: vi Bu-tan
Volapük: vo Butän
Welsh: cy Bhutan
Yiddish: yi בוטאַן n
See also
en Bhutanese
en Thimphu
Countries of the world
References
Anagrams
en abhntu Thuban
en exonyms
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Bhutan.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m
ca Bhutan Q917
Derived terms
ca bhutanès
Danish
Proper noun
da Bhutan Q917
Dutch
nl:
Pronunciation
nl /buˈtaːn/ /buˈtɑn/
nl Nl-Bhutan.ogg
nl Bhu tan
nl aːn ɑn
Proper noun
n
nl Bhutan Q917 from 19th c.
Estonian
et:
Proper noun
et proper noun
et Bhutan Q917
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi ne भुटान.
Pronunciation
butan
Proper noun
fi Bhutan Q917
Declension
sg Bhutan a 0
Derived terms
fi bhutanilainen
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˈbuːtaːn/
de De-Bhutan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Butan
de aːn 2
Proper noun
toponym
de Bhutan Q917
Derived terms
de bhutanisch
de Bhutaner
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
Ultimately from id ne भुटान, from id pra 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 Tibet end of Tibet; probably ultimately from id bo བོད Tibet + id sa अन्त end.
Proper noun
id proper noun
id Bhutan Q917
Noun
Bhutanese
Adjective
id adjective
Bhutanese
See also
Further reading
Interlingua
ia:
Proper noun
ia proper noun
ia Bhutan Q917
Italian
it:
Proper noun
m
it Bhutan Q917
Derived terms
it bhutanese
Anagrams
it abhntu Thuban
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Bhutan Q917
Related terms
nb bhutaner
nb bhutansk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Bhutan Q917
Related terms
nn bhutanar
nn bhutansk
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl 1
Pronunciation
butan LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Bhutan.wav butan Bhu.tan
Proper noun
m-in bhutański
pl Bhutan Q917
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl nouns Bhutańczyk Bhutanka
Further reading
pl exonyms
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
Probably ultimately from sv bo བོད Tibet, traditionally considered to be derived via sv sa भोट भोट-अन्त end of Tibet.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Bhutan.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Bhutan Q917
Related terms
sv bhutanesisk adjective Bhutanese
sv bhutanes c Bhutanese male
sv bhutanesiska c Bhutanese female
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Turkish
tr:
Pronunciation
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Bhutan.wav
Proper noun
tr Bhutan Q917
Welsh
cy:
Proper noun
cy proper noun
cy Bhwtan: cy Bhutan Q917