लामा

Bodo (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *lam¹ ~ la¹-ma, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam. Compare Dimasa lama, Garo ram, rama.

Noun

लामा (lama) (Latin script lama)

1. road

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lämä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: लामा

Noun

लामा • (lāmā)

1. (Buddhism) a lama, or more generally, any Buddhist clergy