ब्रू
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬩ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
- ব্ৰূ (Assamese script)
- ব্রূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
- બ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਬੑਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦧꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
- ព្រូ (Khmer script)
- ಬ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
- ພ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
- ബ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- ᠪᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- ဗြူ (Burmese script)
- 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
- ବ୍ରୂ (Oriya script)
- ꢨ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑗝 (Siddham script)
- බ්රූ (Sinhalese script)
- బ్రూ (Telugu script)
- พฺรู (Thai script)
- བྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH- (“to say”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bɾuː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bɾuː/
Root
ब्रू • (brū)
- to say, speak
- to proclaim
Derived terms
- ब्रवीति (bravīti, 2 P)
- ब्रुव (bruva)
- ब्रुवाण (bruvāṇa)
- ब्रूते (brūte)
- ब्रूयते (brūyate)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ब्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 742.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 107