Where does “Dzongkha” come from?

Dzongkha (English) comes from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ, from Dzongkha རྫོང — jong; province, district.

Dzongkha (English): The national language of Bhutan; Bhutanese

Definitions

  1. The national language of Bhutan; Bhutanese

Ancestry of “Dzongkha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dzongkhaརྫོང་ཁDzongkha
2Dzongkhaརྫོངjong; province, district
Every word from Dzongkha རྫོང →Every word from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ →