ལམ

See also: ལྕམ and ལོ་མ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑm˩/

Noun

ལམ (lam)

1. road, path, way

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”).

Noun

ལམ (lam)

1. road

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*lam/
• Lhasa: /lam˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*lam/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lam^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lam˩˨/

Noun

ལམ • (lam)

1. path, way
2. (religion) method

Derived terms

• སྒྲོལ་ལམ (sgrol lam)
• བྱང་ལམ (byang lam)
• སྦྱོང་ལམ (sbyong lam)
• གཞུང་ལམ (gzhung lam)
• ཡོངས་བྱང་ལམ (yongs byang lam)
• རིག་ལམ (rig lam)
• ལམ་ཀ (lam ka)
• ལམ་མཁན (lam mkhan)
• ལམ་ལྔ (lam lnga)
• ལམ་ཆུང (lam chung)
• ལམ་ཐག (lam thag)

References

• “ལམ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “ལམ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.