Ashi (title)
Not to be confused with the Zoroastrian concept Ashi.
Ashi (Dzongkha: ཨ་ཞེ་; Wylie: A-zhe) is a Bhutanese title of respect literally meaning "Lady". The title is prefixed to the given name, and is borne by female Bhutanese nobility and by female members of the Bhutanese royal family.[1] The masculine form is Dasho (Dzongkha: དྲག་ཤོས་; Wylie: drag-shos; "superior, best"),[2][3] meaning "Lord".
As royal title
When borne by daughters of the Bhutanese Sovereign, the title Ashi however has the connotation and status of "Princess" and is used in combination with the style Her Royal Highness. Bhutanese princesses do not have a separate title and the meaning of Ashi therefore depends on the context of usage. This creates sometimes confusion outside Bhutan; to avoid misunderstanding, Bhutanese English-language sources sometimes refer to daughters of the sovereign with the hybrid "Princess Ashi", and their male counterparts as "Prince Dasho".[4]
Queen consorts, wives and mothers of a former Sovereign also use this honorific, together with the style of Her Majesty.[5]
References
- ^ "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼ཨ༽". Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary. Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Tibetan-English-Dictionary of Buddhist Teaching & Practice". Diamond Way Buddhism Worldwide. Rangjung Yeshe Translations & Publications. 1996. Retrieved 2010-10-18. (entry: drag shos)
- ^ Dema, Kinga (2011-02-21). "Golden Jubilee Celebration Concludes". Kuensel online. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ "Bhutan's Royal Family". RAOnline. 2010–2011. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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External links
- Buyers, Christopher (2010-10-16). "BHUTAN – Brief History". The Royal Ark – Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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