Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Maererano ne "Oxford English Dictionary", shaman (, kana) munhu anoonekwa semunhu anokwanisa kupinda, uye ane simba, munyika yemidzimu ine mutsa uye yakaipa, uyo anowanzo pinda muchimiro chechinyakare panguva yechiitiko, uye anoongorora uye kuporesa. Shoko rokuti "shaman" sezvingabvira rinobva mumutauro weTungusic Evenki wokuNorth Asia. Maererano ne ethnolinguist Juha Janhunen, "shoko iri rinopupurirwa mumitauro yose yeTungusic" yakadai seNegidal, Lamut, Udehe / Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu uye Ulcha, uye "hapana chinoratidzika kupesana nepfungwa yokuti zvinoreva'shaman' inobvawo kuProto-Tungusic" uye inogona kuva nemidzi inodzokera shure munguva inenge zviuru zviviri zvemakore. Izwi racho rakaziviswa kumadokero pashure pokunge mauto eRussia akunda
Khanate yeKazan yechiShamanic muna 1552.