dalai lama
Portuguese, noun
dalai lama is spelled D-A-L-A-I-L-A-M-A (9 letters). Dalai lama is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Dalai Lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grão lama, chefe da religião budista tal como praticado no Tibé”.
What does dalai lama mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineDalai Lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grão lama, chefe da religião budista tal como praticado no Tibé
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dalai lama
- dalai lamas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).