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˥˥/

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• 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)

1. 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)