Lama Definition

lämə
lamas
noun
A priest or monk in Lamaism.
Webster's New World
In Tibetan Buddhism, one who is a religious teacher or is in a position of authority in a monastic community.
American Heritage

Alternative form of llama.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • genus Lama
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Lamini — the llama and the guanaco.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lama

Noun

Singular:
lama
Plural:
lamas

Origin of Lama

  • Tibetan bla-ma perhaps from bla high, soul

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Spanish llama (“domesticated llama”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla-ma).

    From Wiktionary

Lama Sentence Examples

  • He looked identical to the child in Lama Zopa's dream.

  • The person next in consideration to the two great lamas is the regent, who is an ecclesiastic appointed during the minority of each Dalai lama.

  • The administrative subdivisions of the Lhasa country, of which there are fifty-four, are called jong, or " prefecture," each of which is under the rule of two jong-pon, the one a lama, the other a layman.

  • After travelling from Lhasa to Peking with a lama mission he returned, again by Lhasa, to India, and was an eyewitness of the sack of Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1737.

  • He actually did reach Lhasa, stayed there about five months, and had several interviews with the Dalai lama, but was compelled to return to India.

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Words Starting With

LLALAM

Words Ending With

AMAAMA

Unscrambles

lama

Words Starting With L and Ending With A

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