PANCHEN LAMA Meaning of PANCHEN LAMA in English [ ˌpantʃ(ə)n'lα:mə ]■ noun a Tibetan lama ranking next after the Dalai Lama.OriginTibetan panchen , abbrev. of pandi-tachen-po 'great learned one'; cf. pundit . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004