Etymograph

English

lama

Lama comes from Tibetan བླ་མ ‘lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru’.

  1. Tibetanmodernབླ་མ‘lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru’
  2. Englishtodaylama

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Tibetanmodernབླ་མ‘lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru’
  2. Englishtodaylama

Today it means

noun A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tibetan བླ་མ / lama