ब्रह्मी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ব্ৰহ্মী (Assamese script)
• ᬩ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ᬫᬷ (Balinese script)
• ব্রহ্মী (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿𑰦𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဗြဟ္မီ (Burmese script)
• બ્રહ્મી (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦿꦲ꧀ꦩꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂹𑂧𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೀ (Kannada script)
• ព្រហ្មី (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມີ (Lao script)
• ബ്രഹ്മീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᠠᡥᠮᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿𑘦𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠠᠾᠮᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠𑧆𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂𑐩𑐷 (Newa script)
• ବ୍ରହ୍ମୀ (Odia script)
• ꢨ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ꢪꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀𑆩𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿𑖦𑖱 (Siddham script)
• බ්‍රහ‍්මී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑪂 𑪙𑩴𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚶𑚢𑚯 (Takri script)
• ப்³ரஹ்மீ (Tamil script)
• బ్రహ్మీ (Telugu script)
• พฺรหฺมี (Thai script)
• བྲ་ཧྨཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂𑒧𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨱𑩇𑨢𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɾɐɦ.miː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐɦ.miː/

Noun

ब्रह्मी • (brahmī) stem, ?

1. bacopa monnieri, an ayurvedic herb
2. a kind of fish

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മി (brahmi)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ब्रह्मी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]