भ्रू

See also: भूर्, भारा, भूरा, भारी, and भौर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভ্ৰূ (Assamese script)
• ᬪ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
• ভ্রূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• ဘြူ (Burmese script)
• ભ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੑਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಭ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
• ភ្រូ (Khmer script)
• ຠ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
• ഭ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
• ଭ୍ରୂ (Odia script)
• ꢩ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑗝 (Siddham script)
• භ්‍රූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚱 (Takri script)
• ப்⁴ரூ (Tamil script)
• భ్రూ (Telugu script)
• ภฺรู (Thai script)
• བྷྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). Cognate with Persian ابرو (abru), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Tocharian B pärwāne, Old English brū (whence English brow).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾúː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱɾuː/

Noun

भ्रू • (bhrū́) stem, f

1. eyebrow
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.38.7:

     उत स्य वाजी सहुरिरृतावा शुश्रूषमाणस्तन्वा समर्ये ।
     तुरं यतीषु तुरयन्नृजिप्योऽधि भ्रुवोः किरते रेणुमृञ्जन् ॥

     uta sya vājī sahurirṛtāvā śuśrūṣamāṇastanvā samarye .
     turaṃ yatīṣu turayannṛjipyoʼdhi bhruvoḥ kirate reṇumṛñjan .

     And that strong horse, victorious and faithful, obedient with his body in the combat,
     Speeding straight on amid the swiftly pressing, casts over his eyebrows the dust he tosses upward.

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of भ्रू (bhrū́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भ्रूः bhrū́ḥ	भ्रुवौ bhrúvau	भ्रुवः bhrúvaḥ
Vocative	भ्रूः bhrū́ḥ	भ्रुवौ bhrúvau	भ्रुवः bhrúvaḥ
Accusative	भ्रुवम् bhrúvam	भ्रुवौ bhrúvau	भ्रुवः bhrúvaḥ
Instrumental	भ्रुवा bhruvā́	भ्रूभ्याम् bhrūbhyā́m	भ्रूभिः bhrūbhíḥ
Dative	भ्रुवे / भ्रुवै¹ bhruvé / bhruvaí¹	भ्रूभ्याम् bhrūbhyā́m	भ्रूभ्यः bhrūbhyáḥ
Ablative	भ्रुवः / भ्रुवाः¹ / भ्रुवै² bhruváḥ / bhruvā́ḥ¹ / bhruvaí²	भ्रूभ्याम् bhrūbhyā́m	भ्रूभ्यः bhrūbhyáḥ
Genitive	भ्रुवः / भ्रुवाः¹ / भ्रुवै² bhruváḥ / bhruvā́ḥ¹ / bhruvaí²	भ्रुवोः bhruvóḥ	भ्रुवाम् / भ्रूणाम्¹ bhruvā́m / bhrūṇā́m¹
Locative	भ्रुवि / भ्रुवाम्¹ bhruví / bhruvā́m¹	भ्रुवोः bhruvóḥ	भ्रूषु bhrūṣú
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: bumb, bum

    Arabic script: بُمب, بُم

    Devanagari script: बुम्ब, बुम

• Pali: bhamu, bhū
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀫𑀸 (bhumā), 𑀪𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀸 (bhamuhā)
• Central:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: ભવું (bhavũ)
    • Hindustani: bha͠uh

      Hindi: भौंह

      Urdu: بھونہ

    • Romani: phov
• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: ভ্ৰুব (bhrubo)
    • Bengali: ভুরু (bhuru)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: bhãhũ

        Devanagari script: भँहुँ (bhãhũ)

        Kaithi script: 𑂦𑂀𑂯𑂳𑂀 (bhãhũ)

      • Maithili: भौँह (bhaũh)
• Northern:
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Bhadrawahi: ढळौआँ (ḍhḷauā̃)
    • Jaunsari: भौँ (bhaũ)
    • Kumaoni: भौँ (bhaũ)
    • Nepali: भौं (bha͠u)
• Southern:
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ބުމަ (buma)
    • Sinhalese: බැම (bæma)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: भुव (bhuv)
    • Marathi: भुवइ (bhuvai)
• Western:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: bhaurā, bhaũh
      • Gurmukhi script: ਭੌਰਾ, ਭੌਂਹ
      • Shahmukhi script: بھَورَا, بھَوںہ
• → Proto-Dravidian: *puruvu
  • Old Kannada: ಪುರ್ವು (purvu)
    • Middle Kannada: ಪುರ್ಬು (purbu)
      • Kannada: ಹುಬ್ಬು (hubbu)
  • Malayalam: പുരികം (purikaṁ)
  • Tamil: புருவம் (puruvam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 770/3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भ्रू”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्रू”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press