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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰram-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”). Compare Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō), Latin fremō, Old English brim (whence English brim).
Pronunciation
Root
भ्रम् • (bhram)[1][2]
- to wander or roam about
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- अभ्रामि (ábhrāmi, Passive Aorist)
- भ्रामयति (bhrāmáyati, Causative)
- भ्रमयति (bhramáyati, Causative)
- अबिभ्रमत् (ábibhramat, Causative Aorist)
- भ्राम्यते (bhrāmyáte, Passive of Causative)
- भ्रम्यते (bhramyáte, Passive of Causative)
- बिभ्रमिषति (bibhramiṣati, Desiderative)
- बम्भ्रमीति (bambhramīti, Intensive)
- बम्भ्रम्यते (bambhramyate, Intensive)
- बम्भ्रान्ति (bambhrānti, Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769.
- ^ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 115