ဗြာဟ္မဏ
Burmese
noun
Definitions
- (historic) The second class of traditional Burmese society, comprising priests and ritualists (brahmins), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali brāhmaṇa derived 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
- brahmana English
- brahmin English
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- バラモン Japanese
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- वर Sanskrit
- ब्राह्मण Hindi
- พราหมณ์ Thai
- brahmana Indonesian
- ပုဏ္ဏား Burmese
- 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