szaman
Polish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian шама́н (šamán), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Evenki шаман (šamán), itself possibly from Chinese 沙門/沙门 (shāmén, “Buddhist monk”), from Tocharian (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tocharian B ṣamāne (“monk”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pali समन (samana), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇá, “ascetic, monk, devotee”), from श्रम (śráma, “fatigue, weariness, exhaustion; labor, toil etc.”).
Pronunciation
Noun
szaman m pers (female equivalent szamanka)
Declension
Declension of szaman
Derived terms
Further reading
Categories:
- Polish terms derived from Russian
- Polish terms derived from Evenki
- Polish terms derived from Tocharian B
- Polish terms derived from Pali
- Polish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- pl:Male occupations
- pl:Paganism