भ्रू

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). Cognate with Persian ابرو (abru), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Tocharian B pärwāne, Old English brū (whence English brow).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾúː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɾuː/

भ्रू • (bhrū́) stem, f

1. eyebrow
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.38.7:

     उत स्य वाजी सहुरिरृतावा शुश्रूषमाणस्तन्वा समर्ये ।
     तुरं यतीषु तुरयन्नृजिप्योऽधि भ्रुवोः किरते रेणुमृञ्जन् ॥

     uta sya vājī sahurirṛtāvā śuśrūṣamāṇastanvā samarye.
     turaṃ yatīṣu turayannṛjipyoʼdhi bhruvoḥ kirate reṇumṛñjan.

     And that strong horse, victorious and faithful, obedient with his body in the combat,
     Speeding straight on amid the swiftly pressing, casts over his eyebrows the dust he tosses upward.

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: bumb, bum

    Arabic script: بُمب, بُم

    Devanagari script: बुम्ब, बुम

• Pali: bhamu, bhū
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀫𑀸 (bhumā), 𑀪𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀸 (bhamuhā)
• Central:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: ભવું (bhavũ)
    • Hindustani: bha͠uh

      Hindi: भौंह

      Urdu: بھونہ

    • Romani: phov
• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: ভূ (bhu)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: bhãhũ

        Devanagari script: भँहुँ (bhãhũ)

        Kaithi script: 𑂦𑂀𑂯𑂳𑂀 (bhãhũ)

      • Maithili: भौँह (bhaũh)
• Northern:
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Bhadrawahi: ढ्ळु (ḍhḷu)
    • Jaunsari: भौँ (bhaũ)
    • Kumaoni: भौँ (bhaũ)
    • Nepali: भौं (bha͠u)
• Southern:
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ބުމަ (buma)
    • Sinhalese: බැම (bæma)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: भुव (bhuv)
    • Marathi: भुवइ (bhuvai)
• Western:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: bhaurā, bhaũh
      • Gurmukhi script: ਭੌਰਾ, ਭੌਂਹ
      • Shahmukhi script: بھَورَا, بھَوںہ
• → Proto-South Dravidian I:
  • Old Kannada: ಪುರ್ವು (purvu)
    • Middle Kannada: ಪುರ್ಬು (purbu)
      • Kannada: ಹುಬ್ಬು (hubbu)
  • Malayalam: പുരികം (purikaṁ)
  • Tamil: புருவம் (puruvam)

• Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 770/3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भ्रू”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्रू”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press