Where does “dalai-lama” come from?
dalai-lama (Romanian) comes from French dalaï-lama, 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 (Romanian): Dalai Lama
Definitions
- Dalai Lama
Ancestry of “dalai-lama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dalaï-lama | Dalai Lama |
| 2 | Tibetan | ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ | Dalai Lama |
| 3 | Tibetan | བླ་མ | lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru |
| 4 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 5 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |