Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Maererano ne"Oxford English Dictionary", shaman (, kana) munhu anoonekwa somunhu anokwanisa kusvika, uye ane simba munyika yemidzimu ine mutsa uye yakaipa, uyo anowanzoenda muchimiro chendangariro mukati memutambo, uye anoita kufembera nokuporesa. 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
vakakunda Khanate yeKazan yaishandiswa nemashamani muna 1552.