bhamu

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HbʰrúHs (eyebrow), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs. Compare Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū́), Old Marathi भवै (bhavai).

Noun

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bhamu f

  1. eyebrow
    Synonym: bhamuka
    • c. 50 BCE, Jataka (PTS Volume 6)[1], page PTS 476, BJT 350:
      6098. Parisāyampi me ayye milayitvā- udikkhati, // Tasmā ajja bhamuṃ luddaṃ dajjāhaṃ dakarakkhino.
      Even in company he stares at me with open eyes; therefore I would give this rascal with his puckered brows to the water-demon.
    • c. 50 BCE, Vessantara-Jataka[2]; published in V. Fausbøll, editor, The Jataka together with its Commentary, vol. VI, London, 1896, 10. Vessantarajātakaṃ, page 482:
      Nīlanettā nīlabhamu nīlakkhī ca yathā migī, // Phusatī nāma nāmena tattha p' assaṁ Purindada. 1690
      Black eyes, black pupils like a fawn, black eyebrows may I have, // And Phusatī my name: this boon, O bounteous one, I crave.
    • [c. 1200, Abhidānappadīpikā[3], Anyaː Byākaraṇa gantha-saṅgahoː Abhidānappadīpikāpāṭhaː Bhūkaṇḍa (bis): paragraph 259:
      259. Lomaṃ tanuruhaṃ romaṃ, pamhaṃ pakhuma makkhigaṃ; // Massu vuttaṃ pumamukhe, bhū tvitthī bhamuko bhamu.
      Hair growing on the body hair, eyelash eyelash eyelash (?) // Beard shaved on a man's face, eyebrow (f.) eyebrow eyebrow.]
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Declension

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There is no clear evidence for whether this word is masculine or feminine. The consensus declension is therefore: