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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mruHdʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *mluHdʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *mlewH- (“to say, tell”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬏𐬌𐬜𐬌 (mrūiδi, “say!”, 2nd person singular imperative of 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊 (mrao, “to say”)).
Pronunciation
Verb
ब्रूहि • (brūhí)
- second-person singular imperative of ब्रू (brū, “to say, tell”)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.87.8:
- इ॒ह प्र ब्रू॑हि यत॒मः सो अ॑ग्ने॒ यो या॑तु॒धानो॒ य इ॒दं कृ॒णोति॑।
तमा र॑भस्व स॒मिधा॑ यविष्ठ नृ॒चक्ष॑स॒श्चक्षु॑षे रन्धयैनम्॥- ihá prá brūhi yatamáḥ só agne yó yātudhā́no yá idáṃ kṛṇóti.
támā́ rabhasva samídhā yaviṣṭha nṛcákṣasaścákṣuṣe randhayainam. - Here tell this forth, O Agni: whosoever is, he himself, or acts as, a demon,
Him grasp, O you Most Youthful, with your fuel. To the Mati-seer's eye give him as loot.