"ལམ" meaning in Tibetan

See ལམ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /*lam/, /lam˩˨/ [Lhasa] Forms: lam [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*lam||road}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”) Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} ལམ • (lam)
  1. path, way
    Sense id: en-ལམ-bo-noun-aGOAy3Kr
  2. (religion) method Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-ལམ-bo-noun-W35r8txK Categories (other): Tibetan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tibetan entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: གཞུང་ལམ (gzhung lam), ལམ་ཀ (lam ka), ལམ་ཆུང (lam chung), ལམ་ཐག (lam thag)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gzhung lam",
      "word": "གཞུང་ལམ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lam ka",
      "word": "ལམ་ཀ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lam chung",
      "word": "ལམ་ཆུང"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lam thag",
      "word": "ལམ་ཐག"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*lam",
        "4": "",
        "5": "road"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ལམ • (lam)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "path, way"
      ],
      "id": "en-ལམ-bo-noun-aGOAy3Kr",
      "links": [
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "bo:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "method"
      ],
      "id": "en-ལམ-bo-noun-W35r8txK",
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) method"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*lam/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*lam/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam˩˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ལམ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tibetan lemmas",
    "Tibetan nouns",
    "Tibetan terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Tibetan terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Tibetan terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gzhung lam",
      "word": "གཞུང་ལམ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lam ka",
      "word": "ལམ་ཀ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lam chung",
      "word": "ལམ་ཆུང"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lam thag",
      "word": "ལམ་ཐག"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*lam",
        "4": "",
        "5": "road"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ལམ • (lam)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "path, way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "bo:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "method"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) method"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*lam/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*lam/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam˩˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ལམ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ལམ meaning in Tibetan (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tibetan dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.