also: ダライ・ラマ
noun
Dalai Lama
Refers to the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Almost always written in katakana.
ダライラマはチベット仏教の最高指導者です。
The Dalai Lama is the highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
Alternate spelling with a middle dot, reflecting the original two-word structure.
Ateji kanji form; very rarely used in modern Japanese.
From Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), via English or another intermediary language. The kanji form 達頼喇嘛 is ateji.