"Druk Gyalpo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Druk Gyalpos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ ('brug rgyal po, literally “Dragon King”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|dz,bo|འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=Dragon King|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ ('brug rgyal po, literally “Dragon King”), {{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, King of Bhutan Categories (topical): Titles Categories (place): Bhutan Related terms: Druk Gyaltsuen
    Sense id: en-Druk_Gyalpo-en-noun-NuN95HP5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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