ब्राह्मण
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- a Brahmin member of the highest caste of Hinduism traditionally regarded as priests
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (divine, knower of divine knowledge, relating to a Brahmin).
Origin
Sanskrit
ब्राह्मण
Gloss
divine, knower of divine knowledge, relating to a Brahmin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brahmana English
- brahman English
- brahmana English
- brahmaness English
- brahmin English
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- バラモン Japanese
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- वर Sanskrit
- इतर Hindi
- ब्राह्मणेतर Hindi
- พราหมณ์ Thai
- brahmana Indonesian
- বামুণ Assamese
- 婆羅門 Chinese
- brāhmaṇa Pali
- બામણ Gujarati
- બામણી Gujarati
- બામણું Gujarati
- बामण Konkani
- 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 Ashokan Prakrit
- 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 Ashokan Prakrit
- बाहुन Nepali
- ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ Oriya