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butter tea

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A traditional drink in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, made from tea leaves, butter (traditionally from yak milk), water and salt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

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8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: te amb mantega — traditional drink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 酥油茶 (sou1 jau4 caa4) — traditional drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酥油茶 (sūyóuchá) — traditional drink
  • Dzongkha: སྲུ་ཇ (sru ja) — traditional drink
  • Finnish: voitee — traditional drink
  • Tibetan: ཇ་སྲུབ་མ (ja srub ma) — traditional drink
  • Tibetan: བོད་ཇ (bod ja) — traditional drink
  • Vietnamese: trà bơ — traditional drink