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Barlaam
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Balaam
English
+ and Josaphat
Etymology
en. The immediate source is en la-med Barlaam, itself borrowed from en gkm Βαρλαάμ in the Byzantine Life of Barlaam and Josaphat (probably 11th c.), itself likely borrowed from en ka ბალაჰვარ. First attested c. 8th century as en ar بِلَوْهَر, perhaps ultimately from en sa भगवान् God or from en sa पुरोहित priest via an unattested en pal - form.
Proper noun
en Christianity A legendary saint in the tale of Barlaam and Josaphat.
en rare en male Latin.
Derived terms
en Barlaamite
References
2014 Almuth Degener Barlaam the Priest de Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 164 2 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.164.2.0527 527–530
Anagrams
en aaablmr Malabar
Italian
it:
Etymology
it. The immediate source is it la-med Barlaam, itself borrowed from it gkm Βαρλαάμ, in the Byzantine Life of Barlaam and Josaphat (probably 11th c.), itself likely borrowed from it ka ბალაჰვარ. First attested c. 8th century as it ar بِلَوْهَر, perhaps ultimately from it sa भगवान् God or from it sa पुरोहित priest via an unattested it pal - form.
Proper noun
m
it Christianity A legendary saint in the tale of Barlaam and Josaphat.
it rare it male Latin.
Proper noun
mfbysense
it patronymics
Further reading
barlaam
Latin
Etymology
la. la gkm Βαρλαάμ, in the Byzantine Life of Barlaam and Josaphat (probably 11th c.), itself likely borrowed from la ka ბალაჰვარ. First attested c. 8th century as la ar بِلَوْهَر, perhaps ultimately from la sa भगवान् God or from la sa पुरोहित priest via an unattested la pal - form.
Proper noun
Barlaam<0> m la Medieval Latin Ecclesiastical Latin
la Christianity A legendary saint in the tale of Barlaam and Josaphat.
la male Barlaam
Descendants
en Barlaam 1
it Barlaam 1