Where does “Dalai Lama” come from?
Dalai Lama (English) comes from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ, from Tibetan བླ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.
Dalai Lama (English): The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people
Definitions
- The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people
Ancestry of “Dalai Lama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ | Dalai Lama |
| 2 | Tibetan | བླ་མ | lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |