ब्रू

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ब्रव् (brav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ব্ৰূ (Assamese script)
• ᬩ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
• ব্রূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• ဗြူ (Burmese script)
• બ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಬ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
• ព្រូ (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
• ബ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
• ବ୍ରୂ (Odia script)
• ꢨ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖳 (Siddham script)
• බ්‍රූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚱 (Takri script)
• ப்³ரூ (Tamil script)
• బ్రూ (Telugu script)
• พฺรู (Thai script)
• བྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-

Sanskrit ब्रू (brū)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

ब्रू • (brū)

1. to say, speak
2. to proclaim

Usage notes

The tenses apart from present and imperfect are provided by the root वच् (vac).

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ब्रू (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ब्रू (15 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• ब्रवीति (brávīti, Present)
• ब्रूते (brūté, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• ब्रुव (bruva)
• ब्रुवाण (bruvāṇa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ब्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 742, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 107
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “BRAV^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 235-236