"Druk Gyalpo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹʊk ˈɡjɑːl.pəʊ/ [UK], /ˈdɹʊk ˈɡjɑl.poʊ/ [US] Forms: Druk Gyalpos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːlpəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ ('brug rgyal po, literally “Dragon King”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|dz,bo|འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ|lit=Dragon King}} Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ ('brug rgyal po, literally “Dragon King”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} Druk Gyalpo (plural Druk Gyalpos)
  1. The head of state of Bhutan. Wikipedia link: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Categories (topical): Monarchy, Titles Categories (place): Bhutan Related terms: Druk Gyaltsuen
    Sense id: en-Druk_Gyalpo-en-noun-NuN95HP5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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