brahmin

See also: Brahmin

English

Alternative forms

• Brahmin, brahman
• Bramin (dated)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa).

Noun

brahmin (plural brahmins)

1. A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.

   Synonym: brahmana

2. One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
3. A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
4. A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
   • 2018, Zach Dorfman, "How to Kill a Presidential Scandal," Foreign Policy:

     In Iran-Contra, the independent counsel investigating the scandal, Lawrence Walsh, was a deadly serious Brahmin lawyer with a sterling Republican pedigree; he nevertheless faced withering criticism from members of his own party, just as special counsel Robert Mueller has as he investigates Trump and his circle.

5. A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.

Related terms

• Boston Brahmin
• brahminical

Translations

caste

• Arabic: بِرَهْمَن‎ m (birahman)
• Belarusian: брахма́н m (braxmán)
• Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmôn)
• Burmese: ပုဏ္ဏား (my) (punna:), ဗြာဟ္မဏ (brahma.na.)
• Buryat: бирман (birman)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婆羅門 (zh), 婆罗门 (zh) (póluómén), 梵志 (zh) (fànzhì)

• Finnish: brahmaani (fi)
• French: brahmane (fr) m or f
• German: Brahmane (de) m
• Greek: βραχμάνος (el) m (vrachmános)
• Gujarati: બ્રાહ્મણ m (brāhmaṇ)
• Hindi: ब्राह्मण (hi) m (brāhmaṇ)
• Irish: Bráman m
• Japanese: 婆羅門 (バラモン, baramon), ブラフミン (burafumin)
• Kalmyk: бирмн (birmn)
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ (kn) (brāhmaṇa)
• Kazakh: брахман (braxman)
• Khmer: ព្រហ្មញ្ញ (prummañ), ព្រហ្មណ្យ (prumman)
• Korean: 브라만 (beuraman), 바라문 (ko) (baramun)

• Kyrgyz: брахман (brahman)
• Lao: ພາມ (phām)
• Malayalam: ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ (ml) (brāhmaṇan)
• Marathi: ब्राह्मण m (brāhmaṇ)
• Mongolian: бярман (mn) (byarman)
• Oriya: ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ (or) (brahmôṇô)
• Pali: brāhmaṇa m
• Persian: برهمن‎ (fa) (barahman), برهمین‎ (barahmin)
• Portuguese: brâmane (pt) m
• Russian: брахма́н (ru) m (braxmán), брами́н (ru) m (bramín)
• Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण (sa) m (brāhmaṇa)
• Sinhalese: බ්රාහ්මණය (brāhmaṇaya)
• Tamil: பிராமணர் (ta) (pirāmaṇar)
• Telugu: బ్రాహ్మణులు (te) (brāhmaṇulu)
• Thai: พราหมณ์ (th) (praam)
• Ukrainian: брахма́н (uk) m (braxmán)
• Urdu: براہمن‎ m (brāhmaṇ), برہمن‎ (brahmaṇ)
• Vietnamese: Bà La Môn (婆羅門)

believer in Brahman

• Finnish: brahmalainen
• Irish: Bráman m
• Italian: bramino (it) m

• Russian: брахма́н (ru) m (braxmán), брами́н (ru) m (bramín)
• Tagalog: Braman

Adjective

brahmin (not comparable)

1. Scholarly.

Synonyms

• brahminic
• brahminical

Translations

of or relating to brahmins

• Finnish: brahmalainen