Where does “班禪喇嘛” come from?
班禪喇嘛 (Chinese) comes from Tibetan པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ, from Sanskrit पण्डित, from Sanskrit -इत, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
班禪喇嘛 (Chinese): Panchen Lama
Ancestry of “班禪喇嘛”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tibetan | པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ | Panchen Lama |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पण्डित | learned, wise, shrewd, clever, skilful in,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -इत | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -tás | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |