बृह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বৃহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বৃহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဗၖဟ် (Burmese script)
• બૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑃂𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಬೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ព្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ബൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ବୃହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• බෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்³ரிஹ் (Tamil script)
• బృహ్ (Telugu script)
• พฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
• བྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

बृह् • (bṛh)

1. to be thick, grow great or strong.
2. to increase, to expand

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root बृह्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• बृंहति (bṛṃháti, Present)
• भर्क्ष्यति (bharkṣyáti, Future)
• बर्ढा (barḍhā, Periphrastic Future)
• बबर्ह (babarha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• बृह्यते (bṛhyáte, Passive)
• बर्हयति (barhayáti, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• बृंहित (bṛṃhitá, Past Participle)
• बर्ह्तुम् (bárhtum, Infinitive)
• बृह्त्वा (bṛhtvā́, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• बृह (bṛha)
• बृहत् (bṛhát)
• ब्रह्मन् (bráhman)

Noun

बृह् • (bṛh) stem, m

1. prayer
2. devotion

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of बृह् (bṛh)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बृक् bṛk	बृहौ / बृहा¹ bṛhau / bṛhā¹	बृहः bṛhaḥ
Vocative	बृक् bṛk	बृहौ / बृहा¹ bṛhau / bṛhā¹	बृहः bṛhaḥ
Accusative	बृहम् bṛham	बृहौ / बृहा¹ bṛhau / bṛhā¹	बृहः bṛhaḥ
Instrumental	बृहा bṛhā	बृग्भ्याम् bṛgbhyām	बृग्भिः bṛgbhiḥ
Dative	बृहे bṛhe	बृग्भ्याम् bṛgbhyām	बृग्भ्यः bṛgbhyaḥ
Ablative	बृहः bṛhaḥ	बृग्भ्याम् bṛgbhyām	बृग्भ्यः bṛgbhyaḥ
Genitive	बृहस् bṛhas	बृहोः bṛhoḥ	बृहाम् bṛhām
Locative	बृहि bṛhi	बृहोः bṛhoḥ	बृक्षु bṛkṣu
Notes	¹Vedic