ब्राह्मी

See also: ब्राह्मि, ब्रह्म, and ब्राह्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्राह्मी (brāhmī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɾɑːɦ.miː/, [bɾäːʱ.miː]

Proper noun

ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) f

1. Brahmi (script)

Declension

Declension of ब्राह्मी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	ब्राह्मी brāhmī
oblique	ब्राह्मी brāhmī
vocative	ब्राह्मी brāhmī

Noun

ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) f

1. water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri)

Declension

Declension of ब्राह्मी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ब्राह्मी brāhmī	ब्राह्मियाँ brāhmiyā̃
oblique	ब्राह्मी brāhmī	ब्राह्मियों brāhmiyõ
vocative	ब्राह्मी brāhmī	ब्राह्मियो brāhmiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ব্ৰাহ্মী (Assamese script)
• ᬩ᭄ᬭᬵᬳ᭄ᬫᬷ (Balinese script)
• ব্রাহ্মী (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰦𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဗြာဟ္မီ (Burmese script)
• બ્રાહ્મી (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰਾਹ੍ਮੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌮𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦿꦴꦲ꧀ꦩꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂧𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮೀ (Kannada script)
• ព្រាហ្មី (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣາຫ຺ມີ (Lao script)
• ബ്രാഹ്മീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠮᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘦𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠠᢗᠾᠮᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧎𑧠𑧆𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐩𑐷 (Newa script)
• ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ (Odia script)
• ꢨ꣄ꢬꢵꢲ꣄ꢪꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆩𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖦𑖱 (Siddham script)
• බ්‍රාහ‍්මී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩴𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚢𑚯 (Takri script)
• ப்³ராஹ்மீ (Tamil script)
• బ్రాహ్మీ (Telugu script)
• พฺราหฺมี (Thai script)
• བྲཱ་ཧྨཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒧𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨢𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɾɑːɦ.miː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɑːɦ.miː/

Noun

ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) stem, f

1. Brahmi script
2. The personified female energy of Brahman
3. Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech
4. Speech
5. A tale or narrative
6. A pious usage or custom, Vedic rituals
7. N. of the constellation Rohiṇī
8. N. of Durgā
9. A woman married according to the Brāhma form of marriage
10. The wife of a Brāhmaṇa
11. A kind of medicinal plant
12. A kind of brass
13. name of a river

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ब्राह्मी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]