Bhutanese, n. and a.
(buːtəˈniːz)
Also Bhotanese. Pl. -ese.
[f. Bhutan (see below) + -ese.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan, a country in the south-east of the Himalayas; the language of Bhutan. B. adj. Of or pertaining to Bhutan, its inhabitants or its language.
| 1813 C. Stewart Hist. Bengal 47 Kurmputtun..was inhabited by Brahmans and Bootaneers. 1848 J. D. Hooker Let. 10 June in L. Huxley Life (1918) I. xiii. 254 Trisected..by the Goorkhas, Bhotanese and Thibetans. 1854 ― Himalayan Jrnls. I. v. 136 The Bhotanese, natives of Bhotan, or of the Dhurma country, are called Dhurma people. 1880 J. T. Wheeler Short Hist. India iii. xxvi. 674 In reality the Bhutanese authorities did not want to receive a mission at all. 1960 ‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xxv. 203 They were married according to a mixture of Tibetan and Bhutanese custom. |