Brahmaputra

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, son of Brahma), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, Brahma) + पुत्र (putra, son).

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/

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Brahmaputra

  1. A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
    • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Tibet”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China[1], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198:
      Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain.

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Noun

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Brahmaputra (plural Brahmaputras)

  1. A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.