Dalai Lama

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), compound of Mongolian ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai, “ocean”) + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ === Noun === Dalai Lama (plural Dalai Lamas) (Tibetan Buddhism) The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Dalai Lama. ==== Synonyms ==== Grand Lama (dated) Great Lama (uncommon, dated) ==== Related terms ==== lama Panchen Lama ==== Translations ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌda(ː)laɪ̯ˈlaːma/ === Noun === Dalai Lama m (strong, genitive Dalai Lamas, plural Dalai Lamas) Dalai Lama (head of Tibetan Buddhism) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Dalai Lama” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdalai ˈlama/ [ˌd̪a.lai̯ ˈla.ma] Syllabification: Da‧lai La‧ma === Noun === Dalai Lama m Dalai Lama (head of Tibetan Buddhism)