द्विजब्रुव
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দ্বিজব্ৰুৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬤ᭄ᬯᬶᬚᬩ᭄ᬭᬸᬯ (Balinese script)
- দ্বিজব্রুব (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰕𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဒွိဇဗြုဝ (Burmese script)
- દ્વિજબ્રુવ (Gujarati script)
- ਦ੍ਵਿਜਬ੍ਰੁਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌬𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶꦗꦧꦿꦸꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂔𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂳𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ದ್ವಿಜಬ್ರುವ (Kannada script)
- ទ្វិជព្រុវ (Khmer script)
- ທ຺ວິຊພ຺ຣຸວ (Lao script)
- ദ്വിജബ്രുവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠣᠸᡳᡯᠠᠪᡵᡠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘕𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠸᠢᠽᠠᠪᠷᠤᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧒𑦵𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧔𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐖𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଦ୍ଵିଜବ୍ରୁଵ (Odia script)
- ꢣ꣄ꢮꢶꢙꢨ꣄ꢬꢸꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆘𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖕𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖲𑖪 (Siddham script)
- ද්විජබ්රුව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩣𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚑𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚰𑚦 (Takri script)
- த்³விஜப்³ருவ (Tamil script)
- ద్విజబ్రువ (Telugu script)
- ทฺวิชพฺรุว (Thai script)
- དྭི་ཛ་བྲུ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒖𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨥𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of द्विज (dvija, “Brahmin”, literally “twice-born”) + ब्रुव (bruva, “calling oneself; merely in name”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʋi.d͡ʑɐb.ɾu.ʋɐ/
Noun
द्विजब्रुव • (dvijabruva) stem, m
- “calling oneself a dvija”: synonym of ब्राह्मणब्रुव (brāhmaṇabruva, “a brahmin only in name; a brahmin by birth, not by acts; a soi-disant brahmin”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | द्विजब्रुवः (dvijabruvaḥ) | द्विजब्रुवौ (dvijabruvau) | द्विजब्रुवाः (dvijabruvāḥ) |
| accusative | द्विजब्रुवम् (dvijabruvam) | द्विजब्रुवौ (dvijabruvau) | द्विजब्रुवान् (dvijabruvān) |
| instrumental | द्विजब्रुवेण (dvijabruveṇa) | द्विजब्रुवाभ्याम् (dvijabruvābhyām) | द्विजब्रुवैः (dvijabruvaiḥ) |
| dative | द्विजब्रुवाय (dvijabruvāya) | द्विजब्रुवाभ्याम् (dvijabruvābhyām) | द्विजब्रुवेभ्यः (dvijabruvebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | द्विजब्रुवात् (dvijabruvāt) | द्विजब्रुवाभ्याम् (dvijabruvābhyām) | द्विजब्रुवेभ्यः (dvijabruvebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | द्विजब्रुवस्य (dvijabruvasya) | द्विजब्रुवयोः (dvijabruvayoḥ) | द्विजब्रुवाणाम् (dvijabruvāṇām) |
| locative | द्विजब्रुवे (dvijabruve) | द्विजब्रुवयोः (dvijabruvayoḥ) | द्विजब्रुवेषु (dvijabruveṣu) |
| vocative | द्विजब्रुव (dvijabruva) | द्विजब्रुवौ (dvijabruvau) | द्विजब्रुवाः (dvijabruvāḥ) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “द्विजब्रुव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 506, column 2.
- Bhaṭṭācārya, T. V. (1962) [1873] “द्विजब्रुव”, in Vācaspatyam: bṛhat saṃskṛtābhidhānam [Vachaspatyam: A Comprehensive Sanskrit Dictionary] (in Sanskrit), Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, →OCLC, page 3813, column 2.