Dalai Lama

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• UK: /ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/
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• US: /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/
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Borrowed from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), compound of Mongolian ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai, “ocean”) + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَالَاي لَامَا (dalay lāmā) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Belarusian: да́лай-ла́ма (dálaj-láma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Bulgarian: да́лай-ла́ма (dálaj-láma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Catalan: dalai-lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Chinese Mandarin: 達賴喇嘛 /达赖喇嘛 (Dálài Lǎmá) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Chinese Mandarin: 達賴 /达赖 (Dálài) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Czech: dalajláma — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Esperanto: dalai-lamao — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Finnish: dalai-lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• French: dalaï-lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Georgian: დალაი-ლამა (dalai-lama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• German: Dalai Lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Greek: Δαλάι Λάμα (Dalái Láma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Hebrew: דלאי לאמה — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Hindi: दलाईलामा (dalāīlāmā) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Hindi: दलाई लामा (dalāī lāmā) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Hungarian: dalai láma — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Indonesian: Dalai Lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Irish: Dalaí Láma — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Japanese: ダライ・ラマ (Darai-Rama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Kalmyk: Дала Лам (Dala Lam) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Korean: 달라이 라마 — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Macedonian: далај-лама (dalaj-lama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Malay: Dalai Lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Manchu: ᡩᠠᠯᠠᡳ ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (dalai lama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Marathi: दलाई लामा (dalāī lāmā) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Mongolian: Далай Лам (Dalaj Lam) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (dalai lama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Nepali: दलाइ लामा (dalāi lāmā) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Persian: دالایی لاما — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Polish: dalajlama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Portuguese: dalai lama — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Russian: да́лай-ла́ма (dálaj-láma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Sikkimese: ཏ་ལའི་བླ་མ (ta la'i bla ma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Thai: ทะไลลามะ (tálai laamá) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Ukrainian: да́лай-ла́ма (dálaj-láma) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Urdu: دلائی لاما (dlāī lāmā) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Vietnamese: Đạt-lại Lạt-ma — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Written Oirat: ᡑᠠᠯᠠᡅ ᡋᠯᠠᡏᠠ (dalai blama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism
• Yakut: Далай Лаама (Dalay Laama) — the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism