Bhutani

English

Noun

Bhutani (plural Bhutanis or Bhutani)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A member of a Baloch tribe residing in Balochistan, Pakistan.
    • 1955, Thought, page 84:
      Their ways of living and manner of dress are nearly the same as that of the Tibetans and the Bhutanis, for most of these [...] Only last summer, our informant told us, two Tibetans came, ostensibly to sell wool, and stayed on with a Bhutani for [...]
    • 1961, Henry Gibbs, The Hills of India:
      Not surprisingly, Bhutanis watch their northern skies for blooming parachute troops [...]
    • 1966, Narendra Goyal, Political History of Himalayan States: Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim & Nagaland Since 1947:
      The Bhutanis at any rate were not expected to look upon India with warmth, [...]

Proper noun

Bhutani

  1. The language of the aforementioned people.

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Bhutani, bcc

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