बृह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (to rise up).[1]

    Root

    बृह् • (bṛh)

    1. to be thick, grow great or strong
    2. to increase, to expand
    Derived terms
    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    Non-finite forms
    Derived nominal forms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root बृह् (0 c, 12 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root बृह् (7 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “BARH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 212

    Further reading


    Etymology 2

    See बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati).

    Noun

    बृह् • (bṛh) stem?

    1. prayer
    2. devotion
    Usage notes

    Only occurs as genitive singular in the compound बृहस्पति (bṛ́haspáti), so the nominative singular is unknown.

    Further reading

    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “bṛ́haspáti-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 232