[lit. messiah + person; written form]
Biblical: a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ: nye gnas rnams la ma shi ka pa zhes pa'i ming thog mar an ti yog tu thogs so/ the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch (Acts 11:26), khyod kyis nga ma shi ka pa bzo bar bsam mam/ do you think that you will make me a Christian? (Acts 26:28), ma shi ka pa yin pa'i don du sdug bsngal 'byung na/ if you suffer as a Christian (1 Pet. 4:16).
Secular: modern spoken and written forms include ye shu pa/ (DPD) and ye shu'i chos lugs pa/ .