Where does “dalai lama” come from?
dalai lama (Portuguese) 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 (Portuguese): Dalai Lama the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
Definitions
- Dalai Lama the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
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 |