Shaman Definition
A traditional (prescientific) faith healer.
- priest-doctor
- monk
- healer
- witch-doctor
- priest
- mundunugu
- medicine-man
- angakok
- obeah-doctor
Other Word Forms of Shaman
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Origin of Shaman
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From German Schamane, from Russian шаман (Å¡amán), from Evenki шаман (Å¡amán). The Evenki word is probably ultimately derived from Pali समन (samana) from Sanskrit श्रमण (Å›ramaṇá, “ascetic, monk, devotee"), from श्रम (Å›ráma, “fatigue, weariness, exhaustion; labor, toil etc."). The Pali term may have entered Evenki through either Tocharian B á¹£amāne (“monk") or Chinese 沙門 (shāmén, “Buddhist monk").
From Wiktionary
Russian from Evenki šaman Buddhist monk, shaman perhaps from Tocharian B ṭamāne monk from Prakrit (dialect of documents from the ancient city of Niya in the Taklimakan) ṭamana from Sanskrit śramaṇaḥ from śramaḥ religious exercise from śramati he toils, practices austerity
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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