лам

Uncertain. Either a long grade of Bulgarian лом (lom, “fracture, cleft”) or from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lṓˀmas, cognate with Lithuanian lúomas (“fraction, caste, estate”).

• IPA^(key): [ɫam]

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лам • (lam) m

1. (dialectal, colloquial) hole, chasm, fault (geological formation)

   Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), трап (trap), ду́па (dúpa), разло́м (razlóm)

• ло́мя (lómja, “to fracture, to spall”) (possibly)

• “лам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “лам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 287

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *laam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːm/

ла̄м • (laam) class bd (plural лаьмнаш)

1. mountain

• Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “лам”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 150

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): /laˈmə/

лам • (lam) (plural ламнр)

1. lama

Akin to Budukh лем (lem).

лам • (lam)

1. donkey, ass

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (lam-a), ᠪᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (blam-a), from Classical Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): [ɮäm]

• Hyphenation: лам

лам • (lam) (definite plural лам нар); (regular declension)

1. lama

   Далай лам ― Dalaj lam ― the Dalai Lama

• IPA^(key): [ɫam]

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лам • (lam) f anim pl or m anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of ла́ма (láma)