<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngokwe-Oxford English Dictionary, i-shaman , noma umuntu obhekwa njengonokufinyelela, nethonya ezweni lemimoya enobuhle nemibi, ngokuvamile ongena esimweni sokuphumula phakathi nomkhuba, futhi osebenzisa ukubhula nokwelapha. Igama elithi shaman cishe livela olimini lwesiTungusic Evenki lwaseNyakatho Asia. Ngokusho kwe-ethnolinguist uJuha Janhunen, igama lifakazelwa kuzo zonke izilimi zaseTungusic ezifana neNegidal, Lamut, Udehe Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu ne-Ulcha, futhi akukho okubonakala kuphikisana nokucabanga ukuthi incazelo ethishaman nayo ivela ku-Proto-Tungusic futhi ingaba nezimpande ezibuyela emuva esikhathini okungenani iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili. Leli gama laqala ukusetshenziswa eNtshonalanga ngemva kokuba amabutho aseRussia  <response>: wanqoba iKhanate yamaShamani yaseKazan ngo-1552. 