of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bhutan, its inhabitants, or their language
Word origin
[1805–15; bhutan + -ese]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backlash, diminishing returns, makeup, one-sided, phase-ese is a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, esp. countries or cities;frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language(Faroese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Viennese). By analogy with such language names, -ese occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristicjargon, style, or accent (Brooklynese; bureaucratese; journalese; computerese)