བླ་མ

See also: བུ་མོ

Tibetan

Etymology

བླ (bla, “soul, spirit”) +‎ མ (ma, “nominalisation/agent suffix”).

Noun

1. 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)