ब्रह्मन्

Pali

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

Proper noun

ब्रह्मन् m

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬩ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ব্ৰহ্মন্ (Assamese script)
  • ব্রহ্মন্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • બ્રહ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਬੑਰਹੑਮਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦧꦿꦲ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ព្រហ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
  • ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
  • ബ്രഹ്മന് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠷᠠᠾᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠪᡵᠠᡥᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
  • ဗြဟ္မန် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ବ୍ରହ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢨ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • බ්රහ්මන් (Sinhalese script)
  • బ్రహ్మౝ (Telugu script)
  • พฺรหฺมนฺ (Thai script)
  • བྲ་ཧྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Alternatively, Mayrhofer prefers to derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreǵʰ- and connect it to Old Norse bragr (“leader, prince”), whence Icelandic bragur (“poem; character”).

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

ब्रह्मन् • (bráhman) n

  1. Brahman or the one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul, the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal

Noun

ब्रह्मन् • (bráhman) root form, 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)
  • → Kannada: ಬೊಮ್ಮ (bomma)

See also

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “ब्रह्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 737/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 236-238
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 452-456
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