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: laf-maf
- (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
- English: lama
- Mongolian: лам (lam)