बृह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বৃহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বৃহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဗၖဟ် (Burmese script)
• બૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑃂𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಬೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ព្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ബൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ବୃହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• බෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்³ரிஹ் (Tamil script)
• బృహ్ (Telugu script)
• พฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
• བྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /br̩ɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /br̩ɦ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up”).

Root

बृह् • (bṛh)

1. to be thick, grow great or strong
2. to increase, to expand

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root बृह् (0 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root बृह् (6 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• बृंहति (bṛṃhati, Present)
• बृहति (bṛhati, Present)
• भर्क्ष्यति (bharkṣyáti, Future)
• बर्ढा (barḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अबर्हीत् (ábarhīt, Aorist)
• बबर्ह (babárha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• बृह्यते (bṛhyáte, Passive)
• बर्हयति (barhayati, Causative)
• बृंहयति (bṛṃhayati, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• बृढ (bṛḍha, Past Participle)
• बृंहित (bṛṃhitá, Causative Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• बृह (bṛha)
• बृहत् (bṛhát)
• ब्रह्मन् (bráhman)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बृह् 2.bṛih or bṛiṉh”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 735, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 107
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “BARH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 212-213

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

बृह् • (bṛh) stem, ?

1. prayer
2. devotion

Usage notes

Only occurs as genitive singular in the compound बृहस्पति (bṛ́haspáti), so the nominative singular is unknown.

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “bṛ́haspáti-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 232-233