The basic monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 chetrum.
努尔特鲁姆（不丹基本货币单位，等于100切特鲁姆）
Example sentencesExamples
With an annual membership fee of 6,000 ngultrum, roughly $130, Bhutan's golfers are mostly limited to the upper echelons of society - government officials and diplomats, plus a few stray Japanese tourists.
The ngultrum is a non-convertible currency except with India due to the exchange peg.
And I shudder to think of a world without the scrumptious Azerbaijani gopik, or worse yet without everyone's favorite - the Bhutanese ngultrum.
The ngultrum is on par with the Indian Rupee (both the Nu and Indian Rupee can be used in Bhutan).
Origin
Dzongkha.
Definition of ngultrum in US English:
ngultrum
nounəNGˈɡəltrəm
The basic monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 chetrum.
努尔特鲁姆（不丹基本货币单位，等于100切特鲁姆）
Example sentencesExamples
The ngultrum is a non-convertible currency except with India due to the exchange peg.
And I shudder to think of a world without the scrumptious Azerbaijani gopik, or worse yet without everyone's favorite - the Bhutanese ngultrum.
The ngultrum is on par with the Indian Rupee (both the Nu and Indian Rupee can be used in Bhutan).
With an annual membership fee of 6,000 ngultrum, roughly $130, Bhutan's golfers are mostly limited to the upper echelons of society - government officials and diplomats, plus a few stray Japanese tourists.