лама
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See also: Лама and Appendix:Variations of "lama"
Chechen
Etymology
From Proto-Nakh *lamo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
лама • (lama)
Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | لاما |
| Cyrillic | лама |
| Latin | lama |
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian ла́ма (láma), from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.
Noun
лама • (lama)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Russian ла́ма (láma), from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).
Noun
лама • (lama)
Declension
declension of лама
| singular (жекеше) | plural (көпше) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (атау септік) | лама (lama) | ламалар (lamalar) |
| genitive (ілік септік) | ламаның (lamanyñ) | ламалардың (lamalardyñ) |
| dative (барыс септік) | ламаға (lamağa) | ламаларға (lamalarğa) |
| accusative (табыс септік) | ламаны (lamany) | ламаларды (lamalardy) |
| locative (жатыс септік) | ламада (lamada) | ламаларда (lamalarda) |
| ablative (шығыс септік) | ламадан (lamadan) | ламалардан (lamalardan) |
| instrumental (көмектес септік) | ламамен (lamamen) | ламалармен (lamalarmen) |
Macedonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
лама • (lama) f (diminutive ламиче, augmentative ламиште)
Declension
Declension of лама
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.
Noun
ла́ма • (láma) f anim (genitive ла́мы, nominative plural ла́мы, genitive plural лам)
- llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)
Declension
Descendants
- → Kazakh: лама (lama)
Etymology 2
Noun
ла́ма • (láma) m anim (genitive ла́мы, nominative plural ла́мы, genitive plural лам)
- (Buddhism) lama
- 1875, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава пятая”, in На краю света; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., On the Edge of the World, 1923:
- В э́то са́мое вре́мя я, как наро́чно, получи́л из Петербу́рга извеще́ние, что, по та́мошнему благоусмотре́нию, у нас в Сиби́ри увели́чивается число́ будди́йских ка́пищ и удва́иваются шта́ты лам.
- V éto sámoje vrémja ja, kak naróšno, polučíl iz Peterbúrga izveščénije, što, po támošnemu blagousmotréniju, u nas v Sibíri uvelíčivajetsja čisló buddíjskix kápišč i udváivajutsja štáty lam.
- At that very time, as if on purpose, I received a notification from Petersburg that authority had graciously been given to increase greatly the number of Buddhist temples, and that the lists of lamas permitted in Siberia had been doubled.
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
ла́ма • (láma) f anim (genitive ла́мы, nominative plural ла́мы, genitive plural лам)