Where does “Dalailama” come from?
Dalailama (Translingual) comes from English Dalai 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.
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Ancestry of “Dalailama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dalai Lama | The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people |
| 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 |