# ब्रह्मन्
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* brahman (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ব্রহ্মন্ (Bengali script)
* බ්‍රහ‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
* ဗြဟ္မန် or ၿြႁ္မၼ် or ၿြႁ်မၼ် (Burmese script)
* พฺรหฺมนฺ or พรัหมัน (Thai script)
* ᨻᩕᩉ᩠ᨾᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມນ຺ or ພຣັຫມັນ (Lao script)
* ព្រហ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄳𑄢𑄦𑄴𑄟𑄚𑄴 (Chakma script)

### Proper noun

ब्रह्मन् m
* Devanagari script form of brahman (“Brahma”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ব্ৰহ্মন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬩ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ব্রহ্মন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဗြဟ္မန် (Burmese script)
* બ્રહ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦿꦲ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
* ព្រហ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
* ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
* ബ്രഹ്മന് (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡵᠠᡥᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠷᠠᠾᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ବ୍ରହ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢨ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* බ්‍රහ‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑪂 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப்³ரஹ்மந் (Tamil script)
* బ్రహ్మౝ (Telugu script)
* พฺรหฺมนฺ (Thai script)
* བྲ་ཧྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨱𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráźʰ-ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráȷ́ʰ-ma, from a Schwebeablaut form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to become high, rise, elevate”) + *-mn̥. Literally “growth”, “expansion”, “creation”, “development”, “swelling of the spirit or soul”. Cognate with Latin fortis. The Sanskrit root is बृह् (bṛh, “to increase”) +‎ -मन् (-man), from the same Proto-Indo-European root above.
Alternatively, Mayrhofer prefers to derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreǵʰ- and connect it to Old Norse bragr (“poetry”), whence Icelandic bragur (“poem; character”).
An older etymology presented the word as an exact cognate of Latin flāmen (“priest”); however, this is commonly considered spurious by modern authors.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bɾɐ́ɦ.mɐn/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bɾɐɦ.mɐn̪/

### Proper noun

ब्रह्मन् • (bráhman) stem, n
* Brahman or the one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul, the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Proper noun

ब्रह्मन् • (brahman) stem, m
* Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods

#### Derived terms

* ब्रह्मदारु (brahmadāru)
* ब्रह्मादेश (brahmādeśa)
* ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra)
* ब्रह्मराक्षस (brahmarākṣasa)

### Noun

ब्रह्मन् • (bráhman) stem, n
* pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer
* the sacred word (as opp. to वाच् (vāc), the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or mantra used as a spell
* the Brahmana portion of the Veda
* the sacred syllable om

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Noun

ब्रह्मन् • (brahmán) stem, m
* one who prays, a devout or religious man, a brahmin who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge
* one of the 4 principal priests or Ritvijas

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Descendants

* → Tamil: பிரமன் (piramaṉ)
* → Kannada: ಬೊಮ್ಮ (bomma)

### See also

* ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ब्रह्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 737/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 236-238
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 452-456