ब्रूहि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ব্ৰূহি (Assamese script)
• ᬩ᭄ᬭᬹᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
• ব্রূহি (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰳𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀽𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဗြူဟိ (Burmese script)
• બ્રૂહિ (Gujarati script)
• ਬ੍ਰੂਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦿꦹꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂴𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಬ್ರೂಹಿ (Kannada script)
• ព្រូហិ (Khmer script)
• ພ຺ຣູຫິ (Lao script)
• ബ്രൂഹി (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡵᡠᡠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘴𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠷᠤᠤᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧕𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐹𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
• ବ୍ରୂହି (Odia script)
• ꢨ꣄ꢬꢹꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆷𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑗝𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
• බ්‍රූහි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚱𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப்³ரூஹி (Tamil script)
• బ్రూహి (Telugu script)
• พฺรูหิ (Thai script)
• བྲཱུ་ཧི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒴𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mruHdʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *mluHdʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *mlewH- (“to say, tell”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬏𐬌𐬜𐬌 (mrūⁱδi, “say!”, 2nd person singular imperative of 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊 (mrao, “to say”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɾuː.ɦí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾuː.ɦi/

Verb

ब्रूहि • (brūhí)

1. second-person singular imperative of ब्रू (brū, “to say, tell”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.87.8:

     इह प्र ब्रूहि यतमः सो अग्ने यो यातुधानो य इदं कृणोति ।
     तमा रभस्व समिधा यविष्ठ नृचक्षसश्चक्षुषे रन्धयैनम् ॥

     iha pra brūhi yatamaḥ so agne yo yātudhāno ya idaṃ kṛṇoti.
     tamā rabhasva samidhā yaviṣṭha nṛcakṣasaścakṣuṣe randhayainam.

     Here tell this forth, O Agni: whosoever is, he himself, or acteth as, a demon,
     Him grasp, O thou Most Youthful, with thy fuel. To the Mati-seer's eye give him as loot.