Where does “лам” come from?

лам (Mongolian) comes from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ, from Tibetan བླ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

лам (Mongolian): lama

Definitions

  1. lama

Ancestry of “лам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Mongolianᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ—
2Tibetanབླ་མlama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan བླ་མ →