ब्रू

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    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).

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    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) “BRAVI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 235-236