/ˈxamp/
OriginInherited from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu), from Chinese 堪布 (kānbù), from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “prior, abbot”), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Cognate with Buryat хамба (xamba).
- abbot; prior (of a monastery)
Formsxamba(romanization) · хамба(attributive) · хамба(indefinite, nominative, singular) · хамба нар(definite, nominative, plural) · хамбын(genitive, indefinite, singular) · хамба нарын(definite, genitive, plural) · хамбыг(accusative, indefinite, singular) · хамба нарыг(accusative, definite, plural) · хамбад(dative, indefinite, locative, singular) · хамба нарт(dative, definite, locative, plural) · хамбаас(ablative, indefinite, singular) · хамба нараас(ablative, definite, plural) · хамбаар(indefinite, instrumental, singular) · хамба нараар(definite, instrumental, plural) · хамбатай(comitative, indefinite, singular) · хамба нартай(comitative, definite, plural) · хамбагүй(indefinite, privative, singular) · хамба наргүй(definite, plural, privative) · хамба руу(directive, indefinite, singular) · хамба нар руу(definite, directive, plural)