Ku sii qor faqradan - Sida ku cad "Oxford English Dictionary", shaman (, ama) waa qof loo arko inuu marin u leeyahay, saameynna ku yeesho, adduunka jinniyo samafal iyo jinniyo xumaan leh, kuwaas oo sida caadiga ah gala xaalad xaalad ah inta lagu jiro caadada, oo ku dhaqma saadaalinta iyo bogsashada. Ereyga "shaman" waxaa laga yaaba inuu ka yimid luqada Tungusic ee Evenki ee Waqooyiga Aasiya. Sida laga soo xigtay ethnolinguist Juha Janhunen, "ereyga waxaa lagu caddeeyay dhammaan luqadaha Tungusic" sida Negidal, Lamut, Udehe / Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu iyo Ulcha, iyo "waxba uma muuqdaan inay ka hor imaanayaan mala-awaalka ah in macnaha'shaman' sidoo kale uu ka soo jeedo Proto-Tungusic" oo laga yaabo inay leeyihiin xididdo soo noqnoqda ugu yaraan laba kun oo sano. Ereyga waxaa loo soo bandhigay galbeedka kadib markii ciidamada Ruushku ay qabsadeen
Khanate-ka qaaska ah ee Kazan sanadkii 1552.