बर्हिष्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বৰ্হিষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬃᬳᬶᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• বর্হিষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰨𑰿𑰮𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ဗရ်္ဟိၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• બર્હિષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਬਰ੍ਹਿਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦂꦲꦶꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂩𑂹𑂯𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಬರ್ಹಿಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• ពហ៌ិឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ພຣ຺ຫິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• ബര്ഹിഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᡵᡥᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘨𑘿𑘮𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᠷᠾᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧈𑧠𑧎𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐭𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• ବର୍ହିଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢬ꣄ꢲꢶꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆫𑇀𑆲𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖨𑖿𑖮𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• බර්‍හිෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩼 𑪙𑪂𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚤𑚶𑚩𑚮𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• ப³ர்ஹிஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
• బర్హిష్ఠ (Telugu script)
• พรฺหิษฺฐ (Thai script)
• བ་རྷི་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒩𑓂𑒯𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨫𑩇𑨱𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bárźʰiṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (bar^əzišta), Middle Persian [script needed] (bʾlyst' /⁠bālišt⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ́ɾ.ɦiʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐɾˈɦiʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Adjective

बर्हिष्ठ • (bárhiṣṭha)

1. superlative degree of बृहत् (bṛhát, “high, mighty, strong”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda