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འབྲོག་པ
highlander, nomad [people in the nomad region who make a living herding cattle. synonyms: rkang bzhi'i nor ldan dang, lcags thags, phyugs kyis phyug phyugs skyong, phyugs ldan, ba 'jo mkhan, ba lang bgrang, ba lang dbang phyug bcas so]. [IW]

pasture land people, herdsman, herdsmen of tibet, nomad, shepherd, nomadic tibetans who live in tents on the moors and upland valleys, southern buddhists belonging to the 'brug pa sect, people of bhutan, nomad [JV]

highlander, nomad [IW]

1) nomads, pastoral nomads; 2) farmers, nomadic farmers, pastoral farmers; 3) highlanders, nomadic highlanders, highland famers; 4) herdsmen, nomadic herdsmen; 5) shepherds, nomadic shepherds, pastoral shepherds. ET