ब्रू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ব্ৰূ (Assamese script)
• ᬩ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
• ব্রূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• ဗြူ (Burmese script)
• બ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಬ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
• ព្រូ (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
• ബ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
• ବ୍ରୂ (Odia script)
• ꢨ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑗝 (Siddham script)
• බ්‍රූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚱 (Takri script)
• ப்³ரூ (Tamil script)
• బ్రూ (Telugu script)
• พฺรู (Thai script)
• བྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɾuː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɾuː/

Root

ब्रू • (brū)

1. to say, speak
2. to proclaim

Derived terms

• ब्रवीति (bravīti, 2 P)
• ब्रुव (bruva)
• ब्रुवाण (bruvāṇa)
• ब्रूते (brūte)
• ब्रूयते (brūyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ब्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 742.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 107
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 235-236
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 238