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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्राह्मी (brāhmī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɾɑːɦ.miː/,
Proper noun
ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) f
- Brahmi (script)
Declension
Declension of ब्राह्मी (sg-only fem ī-stem)
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singular
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direct
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ब्राह्मी brāhmī
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oblique
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ब्राह्मी brāhmī
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vocative
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ब्राह्मी brāhmī
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Noun
ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) f
- water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri)
Declension
Declension of ब्राह्मी (fem ī-stem)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) stem, f
- Brahmi script
- The personified female energy of Brahman
- Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech
- Speech
- A tale or narrative
- A pious usage or custom, Vedic rituals
- N. of the constellation Rohiṇī
- N. of Durgā
- A woman married according to the Brāhma form of marriage
- The wife of a Brāhmaṇa
- A kind of medicinal plant
- A kind of brass
- name of a river
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ब्राह्मी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]