Dalaí Láma

See also: dalai-lama, dalai lama, Dalai Lama, dalai láma, dalaï-lama, and Dalaï Lama

Irish

Etymology

From Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), compound of Mongolian ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai, “ocean”) + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).

Proper noun

Dalaí Láma m (genitive Dalaí Láma)

1. (Buddhism) Dalai Lama

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Dalaí Láma	Dhalaí Láma	nDalaí Láma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.