बृह्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বৃহ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বৃহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဗၖဟ် (Burmese script)
- બૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑃂𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಬೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
- ព្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ພ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
- ബൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠷᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ବୃହ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- බෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
- ப்³ரிஹ் (Tamil script)
- బృహ్ (Telugu script)
- พฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
- བྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /br̩ɦ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /br̩ɦ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up”).
Root
बृह् • (bṛh)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root बृह् (0 c, 8 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root बृह् (6 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- बृंहति (bṛṃhati) (Present)
- बृहति (bṛhati) (Present)
- भर्क्ष्यति (bharkṣyáti) (Future)
- बर्ढा (barḍhā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अबर्हीत् (ábarhīt) (Aorist)
- बबर्ह (babárha) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- बृढ (bṛḍha) (Past Participle)
- बृंहित (bṛṃhitá) (Causative Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “बृह् 2.bṛih or bṛiṉh”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 735, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 107
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “BARH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 212-213
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
बृह् • (bṛh) stem, ?
Usage notes
Only occurs as genitive singular in the compound बृहस्पति (bṛ́haspáti), so the nominative singular is unknown.
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “bṛ́haspáti-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 232-233