lama
/ˈlɑː.mə/
lama noun: a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Also the alternative form of llama.
Noun (1)
lama (plural lamas)
Noun (2)
lama (plural lamas)
- lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)
- The Wedding Dress, composed of a most magnificent silver lama, on net, over a rich silver tissue slip, with a superb border of silver lama embroidery at the bottom, forming shells and bouquets; above the border a most elegant falling, tastefully designed, in festoons of rich silver lama, and...1816, William Hone, Hone’s authentic account of the Royal Marriage, page 38
Phrase capitalized: LAMA
LAMA
- Initialism of leaving/left against medical advice.
Noun (3) capitalized: LAMA
LAMA (plural LAMAs)
- Initialism of long-acting muscarinic antagonist.
Proper noun capitalized: Lama
Lama (plural Lamas)
- A surname.
Also used as
lama is also the alternative form of llama.
lama meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lama in Hindi
- master of Tibetan Buddhism
- लामा lāmā
lama in Tamil
- லாமா, லமா
lama in Marathi
- master of Tibetan Buddhism
- लामा lāmā
lama in Urdu
- لاما, لما, لامہ
More languagesFewer languages
- lama in Bengali
- লামা, লমা
- lama in Telugu
- లామా, లామ
- lama in Malayalam
- ലാമ, ലാമാ
- lama in Kannada
- ಲಾಮಾ, ಲಮಾ, ಲಾಮ
- lama in Punjabi
- ਲਾਮਾ, ਲਮਾ
- lama in Gujarati
- લામા lāmā
- lama in Odia
- ଲାମା lāmā
- lama in Nepali
- लामा lāmā
- lama in Arabic
- لَامَا lāmā
- lama in Malay
- lama
- lama in Persian
- لاما lâmâ
- lama in Thai
- ลามะ laa-má
- lama in Vietnamese
- lạt-ma
Examples of lama in a sentence
- Monkhbaatar’s great-grandfather had been a prominent lama in the southwestern province of Bayankhongor.
- She visited the monastery of Tashilumpo, now called Jih-k’a-tse, which is the residence of the panchen Lama, the secondranking Tibetan lama.
- Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?
Forms of lama
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lamas |
| plural | LAMAs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lamas |
Origin of lama
Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).
Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).
Words formed from lama
Phrases with lama
Words that rhyme with lama
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Questions about lama
- What does lama mean?
- Lama means a master of Tibetan Buddhism.
- What is lama in Hindi?
- Lama in Hindi is लामा (lāmā). See Lama meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lama?
- Lama can be a noun, a phrase or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lama?
- Lama is pronounced /ˈlɑː.mə/.
- What is the plural of lama?
- The plural of lama is lamas.
Words near lama in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lama (page history and authors); LAMA (page history and authors); Lama (page history and authors); lama (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lama (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lama (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lama (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lama (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lama (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lama (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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