Dalai Lama

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dælaɪˈlɑːmə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/

Dalai Lama (plural Dalai Lamas)

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.

• Panchen Lama

• IPA^(key): /ˌda(ː)laɪ̯ˈlaːma/

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Dalai Lama m (genitive Dalai Lamas, plural Dalai Lamas)

1. Dalai Lama (head of Tibetan Buddhism)

• “Dalai Lama” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon