barlaam
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Latin.
Etymology
Unknown. The immediate source is Medieval Latin Barlaam, itself borrowed from Byzantine Greek Βαρλαάμ (Barlaám) in the Byzantine Life of Barlaam and Josaphat (probably 11th c.), itself likely borrowed from Georgian ბალაჰვარ (balahvar). First attested c. 8th century as Arabic بِلَوْهَر (bilawhar), perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān, “God”) or from Sanskrit पुरोहित (purohita, “priest”) via an unattested Middle Persian form.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Barlaam, Βαρλαάμ, ბალაჰვარ, بِلَوْهَر, भगवान्, पुरोहित