Where does “Brahma” come from?
Brahma comes from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bʰŕ̥źʰma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰma, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ-.
Brahma (English): A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region...
Definitions
- A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region...
Ancestry of “Brahma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्म | priest |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्मन् | pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |