Middle Mongol[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Chinese 堪布 (kānbù), from Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po), originally calqued from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).
ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)
- abbot; prior (of a monastery)
Descendants[edit]
- Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠤ (qambu)