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saman · Tungusic, reported
noun · Tungusic, reported
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the ritual specialist. Historical source-stage form associated with shaman; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
saman is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English shaman. shaman(n.) opening entry
Shaman is recorded from the 1690s, probably through German Schamane from Russian shaman and Tungus saman; the source also reports an alternative connection through Chinese sha men, Prakrit samaya, and Sanskrit sramana. shaman(n.) opening entry
шаман · Russian
noun · Russian
Reading: Reading not yet researched
the ritual specialist. An intermediary form named by the inspected lexical account; it is not treated as an exhaustive transmission record.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
Shaman is recorded from the 1690s, probably through German Schamane from Russian shaman and Tungus saman; the source also reports an alternative connection through Chinese sha men, Prakrit samaya, and Sanskrit sramana. shaman(n.) opening entry
shaman · English
noun · English
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the ritual specialist. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
c. c. 1690–1699 · English shaman — A source-reported written-use period; not necessarily the date of coinage, oral transmission, or every later sense.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
Shaman is recorded from the 1690s, probably through German Schamane from Russian shaman and Tungus saman; the source also reports an alternative connection through Chinese sha men, Prakrit samaya, and Sanskrit sramana. shaman(n.) opening entry
The inspected source supports the selected shaman sense: the ritual specialist. shaman(n.) opening entry
saman → шаман: borrowing, alternative. The inspected account presents competing Tungusic and Sino-Buddhist/Indic histories. The Russian-mediated route is represented as one account, not as settled parentage; English extension to other peoples is not used as an origin claim. shaman(n.) opening entry
шаман → shaman: borrowing, alternative. The inspected account presents competing Tungusic and Sino-Buddhist/Indic histories. The Russian-mediated route is represented as one account, not as settled parentage; English extension to other peoples is not used as an origin claim. shaman(n.) opening entry