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Bhutan

Local name: འབྲུག

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Name Families

འབྲུག་ཡུལ — Druk Yul endonym

The Dzongkha endonym འབྲུག་ཡུལ (Druk Yul, 'Land of the Thunder Dragon'), or in full official form འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ (Druk Gyalkhab, 'Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon'). འབྲུག (Druk) is the Dzongkha word for the thunder dragon — the mythological creature whose roar is thunder, central to Bhutanese national identity and featured on the national flag. This endonym is used internally in Dzongkha-language official contexts and represents a completely different etymological tradition from the 'Bhutan' exonym family used by the outside world.

Examples: འབྲུག་ཡུལ, Druk Yul

Bhutan exonym family

Names grouped as likely derived from the exonym 'Bhutan', used in English and virtually all world languages. The etymology is debated: the most widely accepted derivation traces it to Sanskrit Bhuṭṭa-anta ('end of Tibet / end of the highlands'), referring to Bhutan's position at the southern edge of the Tibetan plateau. An alternative derives it from Tibetan Bod ('Tibet') with a directional suffix. The exonym entered international use through contact with Indian and British colonial administrators, displacing knowledge of the Dzongkha endonym in all external languages. The form is highly uniform globally, with minor phonetic adaptations for each language's phonology.

Examples: Bhutan, Bhoutan, Butão, Бутан, بوتان, भूटान, ブータン, 不丹

Multilingual / mixed

A country has display languages that fall into different families.

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Country Projection

295 namesFamily / confidence

بوتان

/Butān/

DariinAfghanistan

Bhutan exonym familymedium

بوتان

/Butān/

PashtoinAfghanistan

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Butan

TurkmeninAfghanistan

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Butani

AlbanianinAlbania

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinAlgeria

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butão

PortugueseinAngola

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Unavailable

unknowninAntarctica

Unknown / unavailable

Bhutan

GuaraniinArgentina

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinArgentina

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Բութան

/But'an/

ArmenianinArmenia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinAustralia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

GermaninAustria

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

AzerbaijaniinAzerbaijan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinBahamas

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

ভুটান

/Bhuṭān/

BanglainBangladesh

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

BelarusianinBelarus

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinBelarus

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

DutchinBelgium

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinBelgium

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

GermaninBelgium

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

bjzinBelize

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

EnglishinBelize

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinBelize

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinBenin

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

འབྲུག་ཡུལ

/Druk Yul/

DzongkhainBhutan

འབྲུག་ཡུལ — Druk Yul endonymhigh

Bhutan

AymarainBolivia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

GuaraniinBolivia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

QuechuainBolivia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinBolivia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

BosnianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

CroatianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

SerbianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinBotswana

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

TswanainBotswana

Bhutan exonym familylow

Butão

PortugueseinBrazil

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

MalayinBrunei

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

BulgarianinBulgaria

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinBurkina Faso

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinBurundi

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

RundiinBurundi

Bhutan exonym familylow

ប៊ូតាន

/Pūtān/

KhmerinCambodia

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

EnglishinCameroon

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinCameroon

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinCanada

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinCanada

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinCentral African Republic

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SangoinCentral African Republic

Bhutan exonym familylow

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinChad

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinChad

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinChile

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

不丹

/Bùdān/

ChineseinChina

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinColombia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinCosta Rica

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

CroatianinCroatia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinCuba

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Μπουτάν

/Boután/

GreekinCyprus

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

TurkishinCyprus

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhútán

CzechinCzechia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhután

SlovakinCzechia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

DanishinDenmark

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinDjibouti

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinDjibouti

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinDominican Republic

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinDR Congo

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

KongoinDR Congo

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

LingalainDR Congo

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Luba-LuluainDR Congo

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

SwahiliinDR Congo

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bután

SpanishinEcuador

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinEgypt

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinEl Salvador

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinEquatorial Guinea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butão

PortugueseinEquatorial Guinea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinEquatorial Guinea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinEritrea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinEritrea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

ቡታን

/Butān/

TigrinyainEritrea

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

EstonianinEstonia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinEswatini

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SwatiinEswatini

Bhutan exonym familylow

ቡታን

/Butān/

AmharicinEthiopia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinFalkland Islands

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinFiji

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Fiji HindiinFiji

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

FijianinFiji

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

FinnishinFinland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SwedishinFinland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinFrance

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinGabon

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinGambia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

ბჰუტანი

/Bkhutani/

GeorgianinGeorgia

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

GermaninGermany

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinGhana

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Μπουτάν

/Boután/

GreekinGreece

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

KalaallisutinGreenland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinGuatemala

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinGuinea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butão

PortugueseinGuinea-Bissau

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Upper Guinea CriouloinGuinea-Bissau

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

EnglishinGuyana

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinHaiti

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Boutan

Haitian CreoleinHaiti

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinHonduras

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhután

HungarianinHungary

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bútan

IcelandicinIceland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinIndia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

भूटान

/Bhūṭān/

HindiinIndia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

பூட்டான்

/Pūṭṭān/

TamilinIndia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

IndonesianinIndonesia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Butān/

PersianinIran

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinIraq

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

ܒܘܛܐܢ

/Būṭān/

AramaicinIraq

Bhutan exonym familymedium

بووتان

/Bwūtān/

Central KurdishinIraq

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

EnglishinIreland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

An Bhútáin

IrishinIreland

Bhutan exonym familymedium

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinIsrael

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

בהוטן

/Bhuṭan/

HebrewinIsrael

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

ItalianinItaly

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinIvory Coast

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinJamaica

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Jamaican Creole EnglishinJamaica

Bhutan exonym familylow

ブータン

/Būtan/

JapaneseinJapan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinJordan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

KazakhinKazakhstan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinKazakhstan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinKenya

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SwahiliinKenya

Bhutan exonym familymedium

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinKuwait

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

KyrgyzinKyrgyzstan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinKyrgyzstan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

ພູຖານ

/Phūthān/

LaoinLaos

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Butāna

LatvianinLatvia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinLebanon

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinLebanon

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinLesotho

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Southern SothoinLesotho

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

EnglishinLiberia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinLibya

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butanas

LithuanianinLithuania

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinLuxembourg

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

GermaninLuxembourg

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

LuxembourgishinLuxembourg

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhoutan

FrenchinMadagascar

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhotana

MalagasyinMadagascar

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

EnglishinMalawi

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

NyanjainMalawi

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

EnglishinMalaysia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

MalayinMalaysia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinMali

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinMauritania

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinMexico

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

RomanianinMoldova

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

MongolianinMongolia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

MontenegrininMontenegro

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinMorocco

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Tamazight / BerberinMorocco

Bhutan exonym familylow

Butão

PortugueseinMozambique

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

ဘူတန်

/Bhutan/

BurmeseinMyanmar

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhoetan

AfrikaansinNamibia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinNamibia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

GermaninNamibia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Hai//ominNamibia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

HereroinNamibia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

KwangaliinNamibia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

LoziinNamibia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

NdongainNamibia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

TswanainNamibia

Bhutan exonym familylow

भुटान

/Bhuṭān/

NepaliinNepal

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

DutchinNetherlands

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinNew Caledonia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinNew Zealand

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Pūtana

MāoriinNew Zealand

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

New Zealand Sign LanguageinNew Zealand

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinNicaragua

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinNiger

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinNigeria

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

부탄

/Butan/

KoreaninNorth Korea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

MacedonianinNorth Macedonia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Northern SamiinNorway

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Norwegian BokmålinNorway

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Norwegian NynorskinNorway

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinOman

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinPakistan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بھوٹان

/Bhuṭān/

UrduinPakistan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinPalestine

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinPanama

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinPapua New Guinea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Hiri MotuinPapua New Guinea

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Tok PisininPapua New Guinea

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

GuaraniinParaguay

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinParaguay

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

AymarainPeru

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

QuechuainPeru

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinPeru

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinPhilippines

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

FilipinoinPhilippines

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

PolishinPoland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butão

PortugueseinPortugal

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinPuerto Rico

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinPuerto Rico

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinQatar

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinRepublic of the Congo

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

KongoinRepublic of the Congo

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

LingalainRepublic of the Congo

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

RomanianinRomania

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinRussia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinRwanda

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinRwanda

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butani

KinyarwandainRwanda

Bhutan exonym familylow

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinSaudi Arabia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinSenegal

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

SerbianinSerbia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinSierra Leone

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhután

SlovakinSlovakia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

SlovenianinSlovenia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinSolomon Islands

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinSomalia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Buutaan

SomaliinSomalia

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhoetan

AfrikaansinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Northern SothoinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

South NdebeleinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Southern SothoinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

SwatiinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

TsongainSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

TswanainSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

VendainSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

XhosainSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

ZuluinSouth Africa

Bhutan exonym familylow

부탄

/Butan/

KoreaninSouth Korea

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinSouth Sudan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

BasqueinSpain

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

CatalaninSpain

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

glcinSpain

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bután

SpanishinSpain

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

භූතාන්

/Bhūtān/

SinhalainSri Lanka

Bhutan exonym familymedium

பூட்டான்

/Pūṭṭān/

TamilinSri Lanka

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinSudan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinSudan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

DutchinSuriname

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SwedishinSweden

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinSwitzerland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

ItalianinSwitzerland

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

RomanshinSwitzerland

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

Swiss GermaninSwitzerland

Bhutan exonym familymedium

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinSyria

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

不丹

/Bùdān/

ChineseinTaiwan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinTajikistan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

TajikinTajikistan

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

EnglishinTanzania

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SwahiliinTanzania

Bhutan exonym familymedium

ภูฏาน

/Phūṭān/

ThaiinThailand

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butão

PortugueseinTimor-Leste

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butão

TetuminTimor-Leste

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhoutan

FrenchinTogo

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinTrinidad and Tobago

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinTunisia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

TurkishinTurkey

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinTurkmenistan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

TurkmeninTurkmenistan

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

EnglishinUganda

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

SwahiliinUganda

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Бутан

/Butan/

UkrainianinUkraine

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinUnited Arab Emirates

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinUnited Kingdom

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinUnited States

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinUruguay

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Бутан

/Butan/

RussianinUzbekistan

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Butan

UzbekinUzbekistan

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bhutan

BislamainVanuatu

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

EnglishinVanuatu

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhoutan

FrenchinVanuatu

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bután

SpanishinVenezuela

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

VietnameseinVietnam

Bhutan exonym familymedium

بوتان

/Būtān/

Hassaniya ArabicinWestern Sahara

Bhutan exonym familymedium

Bután

SpanishinWestern Sahara

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

Tamazight / BerberinWestern Sahara

Bhutan exonym familylow

بوتان

/Būtān/

ArabicinYemen

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

EnglishinZambia

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

ChibarweinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

EnglishinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familyhigh

Bhutan

KalangainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Khoisan languagesinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

NdauinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

North NdebeleinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

NyanjainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

ShonainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Southern SothoinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

TongainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

TsongainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

TswanainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

VendainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

XhosainZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow

Bhutan

Zimbabwe Sign LanguageinZimbabwe

Bhutan exonym familylow