ब्राह्मी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्राह्मी (brāhmī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɾɑːɦ.miː/, [bɾäːʱ.miː]

Proper noun

ब्राह्मी • (brāhmīf

  1. Brahmi (script)

Declension

Declension of ब्राह्मी (sg-only fem ī-stem)
singular
direct ब्राह्मी
brāhmī
oblique ब्राह्मी
brāhmī
vocative ब्राह्मी
brāhmī

Noun

ब्राह्मी • (brāhmīf

  1. water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri)

Declension

Declension of ब्राह्मी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct ब्राह्मी
brāhmī
ब्राह्मियाँ
brāhmiyā̃
oblique ब्राह्मी
brāhmī
ब्राह्मियों
brāhmiyõ
vocative ब्राह्मी
brāhmī
ब्राह्मियो
brāhmiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

ब्राह्मी • (brāhmī) stemf

  1. Brahmi script
  2. The personified female energy of Brahman
  3. Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech
  4. Speech
  5. A tale or narrative
  6. A pious usage or custom, Vedic rituals
  7. N. of the constellation Rohiṇī
  8. N. of Durgā
  9. A woman married according to the Brāhma form of marriage
  10. The wife of a Brāhmaṇa
  11. A kind of medicinal plant
  12. A kind of brass
  13. name of a river