भ्रू
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভ্ৰূ (Assamese script)
- ᬪ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
- ভ্রূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- ဘြူ (Burmese script)
- ભ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਭ੍ਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಭ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
- ភ្រូ (Khmer script)
- ຠ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
- ഭ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଭ୍ରୂ (Odia script)
- ꢩ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖳 (Siddham script)
- භ්රූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚱 (Takri script)
- ப்⁴ரூ (Tamil script)
- భ్రూ (Telugu script)
- ภฺรู (Thai script)
- བྷྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). Cognate with Persian ابرو (abru), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Tocharian B pärwāne, Old English brū (whence English brow).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɾúː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɾuː/
Noun
भ्रू • (bhrū́) stem, f
- eyebrow
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.38.7:
- उ॒त स्य वा॒जी सहु॑रिर्ऋ॒तावा॒ शुश्रू॑षमाणस्त॒न्वा॑ सम॒र्ये ।
तुरं॑ य॒तीषु॑ तु॒रय॑न्नृजि॒प्योऽधि॑ भ्रु॒वोः कि॑रते रे॒णुमृ॒ञ्जन् ॥- utá syá vājī́ sáhurirṛtā́vā śúśrūṣamāṇastanvā̀ samaryé.
túraṃ yatī́ṣu turáyannṛjipyóʼdhi bhruvóḥ kirate reṇúmṛñján. - And that strong horse, victorious and faithful, obedient with his body in the combat,
Speeding straight on amid the swiftly pressing, casts over his eyebrows the dust he tosses upward.
- utá syá vājī́ sáhurirṛtā́vā śúśrūṣamāṇastanvā̀ samaryé.
- उ॒त स्य वा॒जी सहु॑रिर्ऋ॒तावा॒ शुश्रू॑षमाणस्त॒न्वा॑ सम॒र्ये ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भ्रूः (bhrū́ḥ) | भ्रुवौ (bhrúvau) | भ्रुवः (bhrúvaḥ) |
| accusative | भ्रुवम् (bhrúvam) | भ्रुवौ (bhrúvau) | भ्रुवः (bhrúvaḥ) |
| instrumental | भ्रुवा (bhruvā́) | भ्रूभ्याम् (bhrūbhyā́m) | भ्रूभिः (bhrūbhíḥ) |
| dative | भ्रुवे (bhruvé) भ्रुवै¹ (bhruvaí¹) |
भ्रूभ्याम् (bhrūbhyā́m) | भ्रूभ्यः (bhrūbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | भ्रुवः (bhruváḥ) भ्रुवाः¹ (bhruvā́ḥ¹) भ्रुवै² (bhruvaí²) |
भ्रूभ्याम् (bhrūbhyā́m) | भ्रूभ्यः (bhrūbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | भ्रुवः (bhruváḥ) भ्रुवाः¹ (bhruvā́ḥ¹) भ्रुवै² (bhruvaí²) |
भ्रुवोः (bhruvóḥ) | भ्रुवाम् (bhruvā́m) भ्रूणाम्¹ (bhrūṇā́m¹) |
| locative | भ्रुवि (bhruví) भ्रुवाम्¹ (bhruvā́m¹) |
भ्रुवोः (bhruvóḥ) | भ्रूषु (bhrūṣú) |
| vocative | भ्रूः (bhrū́ḥ) | भ्रुवौ (bhrúvau) | भ्रुवः (bhrúvaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: bumb, bum
- Arabic script: بُمب, بُم
- Devanagari script: बुम्ब, बुम
- Kashmiri: bumb, bum
- Pali: bhamu, bhū
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀫𑀸 (bhumā), 𑀪𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀸 (bhamuhā)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: ভূ (bhu)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: bhãhũ
- Devanagari script: भँहुँ (bhãhũ)
- Kaithi script: 𑂦𑂀𑂯𑂳𑂀 (bhãhũ)
- Maithili: भौँह (bhaũh)
- Bhojpuri: bhãhũ
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Northern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: bhaurā, bhaũh
- Gurmukhi script: ਭੌਰਾ, ਭੌਂਹ
- Shahmukhi script: بھَورَا, بھَوںہ
- Punjabi: bhaurā, bhaũh
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- → Proto-South Dravidian I:
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 770/3.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भ्रू”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्रू”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press