Where does “ұлама” come from?
ұлама (Kazakh) comes from Arabic عُلَمَاء, from Arabic عَالِم, from Arabic عَلِمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
ұлама (Kazakh): sage, wise
Ancestry of “ұлама”, step by step
ұлама traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic عُلَمَاء
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | عُلَمَاء | — |
| 2 | Arabic | عَالِم | knowing, learned, also scholar; learned one;... |
| 3 | Arabic | عَلِمَ | to know, to perceive, to distinguish |
| 4 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | for, to |
via Tibetan བླ་མ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | བླ་མ | lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru |
| 2 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |