хамба

Mongolian
MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠠᠩᠪᠤ
(qaŋbu)		хамба
(xamba)

Etymology

From Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠮ‍ᠪᠤ, ᠭᠡ‍‍ᠨ‍‍ᠪᠤ, from Chinese 堪布 (kānbù), itself borrowed from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “prior, abbot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

хамба • (xamba)

  1. abbot; prior (of a monastery)

References
  • Rybatzki, V. (2006). Die Personennamen und Titel der mittelmongolischen Dokumente: eine lexikalische Untersuchung. The Institute for Asian and African Studies

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *kåmpå, from Proto-Uralic *kumpa.

Noun

хамба • (χāmbā)

  1. wave
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