ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ

Middle Mongol

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 堪布 (kānbù), from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Noun

ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)

abbot; prior (of a monastery)

Descendants

Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)
- Buryat: хамба (xamba)
- Mongolian: хамба (xamba)

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