Brahma

See also: brahma and brahmā

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑːmə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Proper noun

Brahma

1. (Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.
2. (Hinduism) Alternative form of Brahman.

Alternative forms

• Brama (archaic)

Translations

Hindu god of creation

• Armenian: Բրահմա (hy) (Brahma)
• Bengali: ব্রহ্মা (bn) (brohma)
• Burmese: ဗြဟ္မာ (my) (brahma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梵天 (zh) (Fàntiān)

• Czech: Brahma m
• Esperanto: Bramo
• French: Brahmâ (fr)
• Georgian: ბრაჰმა (brahma)
• Greek: Μπράχμα (Bráchma)
• Gujarati: બ્રહ્મા (brahmā)
• Hindi: ब्रह्मा (hi) m (brahmā)
• Irish: Bráma m
• Japanese: ブラフマー (ja) (Burafumā), 梵天 (ja) (ぼんてん, Bonten)
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ (kn) (brahma)
• Khmer: ព្រហ្ម (km) (prum, prummea), ព្រះព្រហ្ម (preah prum), លោកសក្ខី (look sakkʰəy)
• Korean: 브라흐마 (Beuraheuma), 범천(梵天) (ko) (Beomcheon)
• Lao: ພົມ (phom)
• Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മാവ് (ml) (brahmāvŭ)
• Marathi: ब्रह्मा m (brahmā)
• Mon: ဗြီ (prɜ̀m)
• Odia: ବ୍ରହ୍ମା (or) (brahmā)
• Persian: برهما (fa) (berahmâ)
• Polish: Brahma (pl) m
• Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ (pa) (brhamā)
• Russian: Бра́хма (ru) m (Bráxma)
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन् (sa) m (bráhman)
• Tagalog: Brama
• Tamil: பிரம்மன் (ta) (pirammaṉ), நான்முகன் (ta) (nāṉmukaṉ)
• Telugu: బ్రహ్మ (te) (brahma)
• Thai: พรหม (th) (prom)
• Vietnamese: Phạm Thiên (vi) (梵天)

Etymology 2

Clipping of Brahmaputra fowl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑːmə/
• Rhymes: -eɪmə, -ɑːmə

Noun

Brahma (plural Brahmas)

1. A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India.

Etymology 3

Alteration of Brahman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑːmə/
• Rhymes: -eɪmə, -ɑːmə

Noun

Brahma (plural Brahmas)

1. Alternative form of Brahman.

Further reading

• Brahma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brahma (chicken) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brahman (cattle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Barham, Braham, Bahrām, Rambha, Bramah, Bahram

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbraɦma]

Proper noun

Brahma m anim

1. (Hinduism) Brahma (Hindu god)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman).

Proper noun

Brahma

1. (Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva

Related terms

• bramacorah

Further reading

• “Brahma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Brahma

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: Brah‧ma
• Homophone: brama

Proper noun

Brahma m pers

1. (Hinduism, Hinduism) Brahma (Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti (trinity))

   Coordinate terms: Śiwa, Wisznu

Declension

Declension of Brahma

	singular
nominative	Brahma
genitive	Brahmy
dative	Brahmie
accusative	Brahmę
instrumental	Brahmą
locative	Brahmie
vocative	Brahmo

Related terms

adjectives

• bramiński

nouns

• brahman
• brahmana
• brahmanizm
• bramin
• braminizm

Further reading

• Brahma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brahma in PWN's encyclopedia