Where does “dalai-lamao” come from?

dalai-lamao (Esperanto) 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-lamao (Esperanto): Dalai Lama

Definitions

  1. Dalai Lama

Ancestry of “dalai-lamao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མDalai Lama
2Tibetanབླ་མlama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru
3Tibetanmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maEvery word from Tibetan Every word from Tibetan བླ་མ