Βραχμάν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Βραχμάν • (Brakhmánm (genitive Βραχμᾶνος); third declension

  1. a Brahmin
    • 163 CE, Lucian, Toxaris or Friendship:
      ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀντίφιλος ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐστίν, ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος καὶ τὰς αὑτοῦ δισμυρίας ἐκείνῳ καταλιπὼν ᾤχετο ἀπιὼν εἰς τὴν Ἰνδικὴν παρὰ τοὺς Βραχμᾶνας
      ho mèn oûn Antíphilos éti kaì nûn en Aigúptōi estín, ho dè Dēmḗtrios kaì tàs hautoû dismurías ekeínōi katalipṑn ōíkheto apiṑn eis tḕn Indikḕn parà toùs Brakhmânas
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Aramaic: ܒܪܟܡܢܐ
  • Coptic: ⲃⲣⲁⲭⲙⲁⲛⲏⲥ (brakhmanēs)
  • Greek: βραχμάνος (vrachmános)
  • Latin: Bracmāni, Brachmānae, Bragmānae

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