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Where does “బ్రహ్మపుత్ర” come from?

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

Ancestry of “బ్రహ్మపుత్ర”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguబ్రహ్మBrahma: the first deity of the Hindu triad and...
2Sanskritब्रह्मन्pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain
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