ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ

Middle Mongol

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 堪布 (kānbù), from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Noun

ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)

1. abbot; prior (of a monastery)

Descendants

• Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)
  • Buryat: хамба (xamba)
  • Mongolian: хамба (xamba)