# भ्रू
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভ্ৰূ (Assamese script)
* ᬪ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
* ভ্রূ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
* ဘြူ (Burmese script)
* ભ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
* ਭ੍ਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂴 (Kaithi script)
* ಭ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
* ភ្រូ (Khmer script)
* ຠ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
* ഭ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
* ଭ୍ରୂ (Odia script)
* ꢩ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖳 (Siddham script)
* භ්‍රූ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚱 (Takri script)
* ப்⁴ரூ (Tamil script)
* భ్రూ (Telugu script)
* ภฺรู (Thai script)
* བྷྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). Cognate with Persian ابرو (abru), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Tocharian B pärwāne, Old English brū (whence English brow).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɾúː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱɾuː/

### Noun

भ्रू • (bhrū́) stem, f
* eyebrow
** c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.38.7:उ॒त स्य वा॒जी सहु॑रिर्ऋ॒तावा॒ शुश्रू॑षमाणस्त॒न्वा॑ सम॒र्ये । तुरं॑ य॒तीषु॑ तु॒रय॑न्नृजि॒प्योऽधि॑ भ्रु॒वोः कि॑रते रे॒णुमृ॒ञ्जन् ॥utá syá vājī́ sáhurirṛtā́vā śúśrūṣamāṇastanvā̀ samaryé. túraṃ yatī́ṣu turáyannṛjipyóʼdhi bhruvóḥ kirate reṇúmṛñján.And that strong horse, victorious and faithful, obedient with his body in the combat, Speeding straight on amid the swiftly pressing, casts over his eyebrows the dust he tosses upward.

#### Declension

* ¹Later Sanskrit
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: bumb, bum
    Arabic script: بُمب, بُم
    Devanagari script: बुम्ब, बुम
* Pali: bhamu, bhū
* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀫𑀸 (bhumā), 𑀪𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀸 (bhamuhā)
* Central:
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gujarati: ભવું (bhavũ)
*** Hindustani: bha͠uh
    Hindi: भौंह
    Urdu: بھونہ
*** Romani: phov
* Eastern:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Assamese: ভূ (bhu)
*** Bihari:
**** Bhojpuri: bhãhũ
    Devanagari script: भँहुँ (bhãhũ)
    Kaithi script: 𑂦𑂀𑂯𑂳𑂀 (bhãhũ)
**** Maithili: भौँह (bhaũh)
* Northern:
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Bhadrawahi: ढ्ळु (ḍhḷu)
*** Jaunsari: भौँ (bhaũ)
*** Kumaoni: भौँ (bhaũ)
*** Nepali: भौं (bha͠u)
* Southern:
** Helu Prakrit:
*** Dhivehi: ބުމަ (buma)
*** Sinhalese: බැම (bæma)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Konkani: भुव (bhuv)
*** Marathi: भुवई (bhuvaī)
* Western:
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Punjabi: bhaurā, bhaũh
**** Gurmukhi script: ਭੌਰਾ, ਭੌਂਹ
**** Shahmukhi script: بھَورَا, بھَوںہ
* → Proto-South Dravidian I:
** Old Kannada: ಪುರ್ವು (purvu)
*** Middle Kannada: ಪುರ್ಬು (purbu)
**** Kannada: ಹುಬ್ಬು (hubbu)
** Malayalam: പുരികം (purikaṁ)
** Tamil: புருவம் (puruvam)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 770/3.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भ्रू”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्रू”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press