indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Country
Usage English, Bengali, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Indian, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Urdu
Scripts ভুটান(Bengali) भूटान(Hindi) भुटान(Nepali) بھوٹان(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. /buː.ˈtɑːn/(English) /buː.ˈtæn/(English) /bu.ˈtaːn/(Dutch, German) /bu.ˈtɑn/(Dutch) /ˈbu.tɑn/(Finnish) /bʱuː.ˈʈɑːn/(Hindi) /ˈbu.tan/(Polish) /bhu.ˈtʰan/(Turkish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Probably from བོད (bod), the Tibetan name for the region of Tibet, derived from Sanskrit भोट-अन्त (bhoṭa-anta) meaning "end of Tibet" (referring to the country's geographical location in southern extremity of the Tibetan plateau). This is the name of a Himalayan country in South Asia.