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2024
བླ་མ
བླ་མ
See also:
བུ་མོ
Tibetan
Noun
བླ
་
མ
•
(
bla ma
)
lama
- an accomplished spiritual teacher,
guru
Derived terms
ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ
(
tā la'i bla ma
)
པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ
(
pan chen bla ma
)
Descendants
English:
lama
Mongolian:
лам
(
lam
)
Etymology
བླ
(
bla
,
“
soul, spirit
”
)
+
མ
(
ma
,
“
nominalisation/agent suffix
”
)
.
Pronunciation
Old Tibetan
:
IPA
(key)
:
/*bla.ma/
(reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
Tibetan Pinyin
:
la
f
-ma
f
(
Lhasa
) IPA
(key)
:
/la˥˥.ma˥˥/
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