Relating to Bhutan or its people; an alternative form of Bhutanese, emphasizing the Sanskrit or original ethnic root.
From Bhutan with the suffix -i, an alternative English adjectival form sometimes preferred in Indian English contexts. Less common than Bhutanese but historically used.
The two spelling variants—Bhutanese and Bhutani—show how English has competing ways to form adjectives from place names, especially when dealing with South Asian and Southeast Asian countries with Sanskrit roots.
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