lama

Etymology 1

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

noun

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

Etymology 2

noun

1. Alternative form of llama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”)

noun

1. (obsolete) lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)
   The Wedding Dress, composed of a most magnificent silver lama, on net, over a rich silver tissue slip, with a superb border of silver lama embroidery at the bottom, forming shells and bouquets; above the border a most elegant falling, tastefully designed, in festoons of rich silver lama, and finished with a very brilliant roleau of lama. 1816, William Hone, Hone’s authentic account of the Royal Marriage, page 38