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Where does “བླ་མ” come from?

བླ་མ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

བླ་མ (Tibetan): lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru

Definitions

  1. lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru

Ancestry of “བླ་མ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “བླ་མ”

  • lama
  • lamaism
  • lamaist
  • lamaistic
  • lamaic
  • 喇嘛
  • 達賴喇嘛
  • láma
  • ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ
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