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Where does “བོད་ལྗོངས” come from?

བོད་ལྗོངས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan བོད, from Sanskrit भोटान्त — Bhutan.

བོད་ལྗོངས (Tibetan): Tibet, especially the central regions of Tibet

Definitions

  1. Tibet, especially the central regions of Tibet

Ancestry of “བོད་ལྗོངས”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanབོདTibet
2Sanskritभोटान्तBhutan
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