ब्रह्मन्

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • brahman (Latin script)
  • 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ব্রহ্মন্ (Bengali script)
  • බ්‍රහ‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗြဟ္မန် (Burmese script)
  • พฺรหฺมนฺ or พรัหมัน (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩕᩉ᩠ᨾᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມນ຺ or ພຣັຫມັນ (Lao script)
  • ព្រហ្មន៑ (Khmer script)

Proper noun

ब्रह्मन् m

  1. Devanagari script form of brahman (“Brahma”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬩ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ব্ৰহ্মন্ (Bengali script)
  • ব্রহ্মন্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • બ્રહ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦧꦿꦲ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ್ (Kannada script)
  • ဗြဟ္မန္ (Burmese script)
  • ବ୍ରହ୍ମନ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢨ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • బ్రహ్మన్ (Telugu script)
  • བྲཧྨན྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰŕ̥źʰma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰŕ̥ĵʰma, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to become high, rise, elevate”). Literally “growth”, “expansion”, “creation”, “development”, “swelling of the spirit or soul”. The Sanskrit root is बृह् (bṛh, “to increase, grow, expand”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root above.

An older etymology presented the word as an exact cognate of Latin flāmen (“priest”), however this is commonly considered spurious by modern authors.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ब्रह्मन् • (bráhman) m

  1. Brahma or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods.

Noun

ब्रह्मन् • (bráhman) n

  1. pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer
  2. the sacred word (as opp. to वाच् (vāc), the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or mantra used as a spell
  3. the Brahmana portion of the Veda
  4. the sacred syllable om

Descendants
  • Tamil: பிரமன் (piramaṉ)

See also
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