ब्रू
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ब्रव् (brav)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ব্ৰূ (Assamese script)
- ᬩ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
- ব্রূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- ဗြူ (Burmese script)
- બ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਬ੍ਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಬ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
- ព្រូ (Khmer script)
- ພ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
- ബ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
- ବ୍ରୂ (Odia script)
- ꢨ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖳 (Siddham script)
- බ්රූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚱 (Takri script)
- ப்³ரூ (Tamil script)
- బ్రూ (Telugu script)
- พฺรู (Thai script)
- བྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-
Sanskrit ब्रू (brū)
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH- (“to say”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bɾuː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bɾuː/
Root
ब्रू • (brū)
Usage notes
The tenses apart from present and imperfect are provided by the root वच् (vac).
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ब्रू (0 c, 5 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ब्रू not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- ब्रवीति (brávīti) (Present)
- ब्रूते (brūté) (Present)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- ब्रुव (bruva)
- ब्रुवाण (bruvāṇa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ब्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 742, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 107
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “BRAVI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 235-236