szaman

== Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian шама́н (šamán), from Evenki шаман (şaman), itself possibly from Chinese 沙門 / 沙门 (shāmén, “Buddhist monk”), from Tocharian (compare Tocharian B ṣamāne (“monk”)), from Pali samaṇa, from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇá, “ascetic, monk, devotee”), from श्रम (śráma, “fatigue, weariness, exhaustion; labor, toil etc.”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʂa.man/ Rhymes: -aman Syllabification: sza‧man === Noun === szaman m pers (female equivalent szamanka) shaman ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “szaman”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “szaman”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)