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Christian

ma shi ka pa/ 

[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/ .