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chilip.

A foreigner, especially a Westerner; someone from outside Bhutan or the broader Tibetan cultural sphere.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃɪ.lɪp/UK, US
  1. A foreigner, especially a Westerner; someone from outside Bhutan or the broader Tibetan cultural sphere.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕྱི་གླིང་པ (phyi gling pa, literally “person from the outer continent”). A common folk etymology links it to grey hair, referring to the lighter hair color of many Westerners.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.