བླ་མ

See also: བུ་མོ

Tibetan

Etymology

བླ (bla, “soul, spirit”) +‎ མ (ma, “nominalisation/agent suffix”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*bla.ma/
Lhasa: /la˥˥.ma˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*bla.ma/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: la^f-ma^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /la˥˥.ma˥˥/

Noun

བླ་མ • (bla ma)

lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru

Derived terms

ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma)
པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ (pan chen bla ma)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 喇嘛 (lǎma)
→ English: lama
→ Mongolian: лам (lam)
→ Thai: ลามะ (laa-má)

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