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Where does “མ” come from?

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

མ (Tibetan): mother; goddess; negates the following verb in...

Definitions

  1. mother; goddess; negates the following verb in...

Ancestry of “མ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “མ”

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