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Where does “ब्रह्म” come from?

ब्रह्म (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.

ब्रह्म (Sanskrit): priest

Definitions

  1. priest

Ancestry of “ब्रह्म”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritब्रह्मन्pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

Words derived from “ब्रह्म”

  • พรหมลิขิต
  • พรหม
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