Βραχμάν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /brakʰˈman/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βraxˈman/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vraxˈman/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vraxˈman/
Noun
Βραχμάν • (Brakhmán) m (genitive Βραχμᾶνος); third declension
- 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
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- 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
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Βραχμᾱ́ν ho Brakhmā́n |
τὼ Βραχμᾶνε tṑ Brakhmâne |
οἱ Βραχμᾶνες hoi Brakhmânes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βραχμᾶνος toû Brakhmânos |
τοῖν Βραχμᾱ́νοιν toîn Brakhmā́noin |
τῶν Βραχμᾱ́νων tôn Brakhmā́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βραχμᾶνῐ tōî Brakhmânĭ |
τοῖν Βραχμᾱ́νοιν toîn Brakhmā́noin |
τοῖς Βραχμᾶσῐ / Βραχμᾶσῐν toîs Brakhmâsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βραχμᾶνᾰ tòn Brakhmână |
τὼ Βραχμᾶνε tṑ Brakhmâne |
τοὺς Βραχμᾶνᾰς toùs Brakhmânăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Βραχμᾱ́ν Brakhmā́n |
Βραχμᾶνε Brakhmâne |
Βραχμᾶνες Brakhmânes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Aramaic: ܒܪܟܡܢܐ
- → Coptic: ⲃⲣⲁⲭⲙⲁⲛⲏⲥ (brakhmanēs)
- → Greek: βραχμάνος (vrachmános)
- → Latin: Bracmāni, Brachmānae, Bragmānae
References
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Βραχμάν”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 317