Terms For 'shaman' and 'shamaness' in Siberian Languages
'shaman' : saman (Nedigal, Nanay, Ulcha, Orok), sama (Manchu) – these have been compared with Sanskṛt sāman 'chant'. The variant /šaman/ (i.e., pronounced "shaman") is Evenk (whence it was borrowed into Russian) : this Evenk pronunciation may have had its origin in ṣāman 'name of Sāman (in Lāṭyāyana Śrauta Sūtra)'"
'shaman' : alman, olman, wolmen (Yukagir)
'shaman' : (Tatar, Shor, Oyrat), (Tuva, Tofalar) – these are related to Japanese kami 'god' and to Nanay qömio 'helping spirit'
'shamaness' : itako (Japanese), (Mongol), (Yakut), udagan (Buryat), udugan (Evenki, Lamut), odogan (Nedigal)
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