Dalai Lama en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ (UK)
- /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ (US)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), compound of Mongolian ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai, “ocean”) + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).
Meanings
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(Tibetan) The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
At the 2007 APEC Summit in Sydney, I told President Hu I planned to attend a ceremony where the Dalai Lama would receive the Congressional Gold Medal. The Buddhist leader was a source of distress for the Chinese government, which accused him of stirring up separatists in Tibet. I met with the Dalai Lama five times during my presidency, and I found him to be a charming, peaceful man. I told China’s leaders they should not fear him. “This is not meant as a slap at China,” I said, “but as a measure of my respect for the Dalai Lama and for the U.S. Congress. You know my strong belief in religious freedom.”
2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 428:I was pleased that President George W. Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama at the Capitol in October 2007. In March 2008, I led a Congressional delegation to India. Part of our mission was to meet with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, the headquarters of Tibetan exiles.
2008, Nancy Pelosi, “A Voice That Will Be Heard”, in Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters, Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95:Szechuen troops defending recognized Chinese territory against the raids of the Tibetans declare that by crossing the Kinsha River the forces of the Da Lai Lama have violated the recent truce. The truce established the stream as the boundary between Tibet and China Proper.
[1933 December 2, “Tibetan Troops Renew Attack on Sikong”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 67, number 1, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:I got a laugh from the Chinese audience when I said I thought that if Jiang and the Dalai Lama did meet, they would like each other very much.
2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 435:Of the Mongall Tartars. The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the ſouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence.
[1767, Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year, page 38, column 2:
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uk да́лай-ла́ма (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ru да́лай-ла́ма (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · hi दलाई लामा (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · bg да́лай-ла́ма (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · xwo ᡑᠠᠯᠠᡅ ᡋᠯᠠᡏᠠ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · bo ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · vi Đạt-lại Lạt-ma (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ja ダライ・ラマ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · mn Далай Лам (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · pl dalajlama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · de Dalai Lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · fr dalaï-lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · xal Дала Лам (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · cs dalajláma (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · he דלאי לאמה (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · pt dalai lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ca dalai-lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · cmn 達賴喇嘛 /达赖喇嘛 (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · el Δαλάι Λάμα (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ko 달라이 라마 (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · th ทะไลลามะ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · sah Далай Лаама (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · eo dalai-lamao (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · be да́лай-ла́ма (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ka დალაი-ლამა (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · hu dalai láma (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ar دَالَاي لَامَا (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · mn ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · mr दलाई लामा (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · fa دالایی لاما (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · mk далај-лама (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · mnc ᡩᠠᠯᠠᡳ ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ur دلائی لاما (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ne दलाइ लामा (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · sip ཏ་ལའི་བླ་མ (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · cmn 達賴 /达赖 (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ga Dalaí Láma (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · id Dalai Lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · fi dalai-lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · hi दलाईलामा (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism) · ms Dalai Lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism)