Brahma

See also: brahma and brahmā

English

Brahma-Indian deity with four faces

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑmə/

Proper noun

Brahma

1. (Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.
2. (Hinduism) Alternative form of Brahman

Alternative forms

• Brama (archaic)

Translations

Hindu god of creation

• Armenian: Բրահմա (hy) (Brahma)
• Bengali: ব্রহ্মা (bn) (brôhma)
• Burmese: ဗြဟ္မာ (my) (brahma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梵天 (zh) (Fàntiān)

• Czech: Brahma m
• Esperanto: Bramo
• French: Brahmâ (fr)
• Georgian: ბრაჰმა (brahma)
• Greek: Μπράχμα (Bráchma)
• Gujarati: બ્રહ્મા (brahmā)
• Hindi: ब्रह्मा (hi) m (brahmā)
• Irish: Bráma m
• Japanese: ブラフマー (Burafumā), 梵天 (ぼんてん, Bonten)
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ (kn) (brahma)
• Khmer: ព្រហ្ម (km) (prum, prummea), ព្រះព្រហ្ម (preah prum), លោកសក្ខី (look sakkʰəy)
• Korean: 브라흐마 (Beuraheuma), 범천(梵天) (ko) (Beomcheon)
• Lao: ພົມ (phom)
• Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മാവ് (ml) (brahmāvŭ)
• Marathi: ब्रह्मा m (brahmā)
• Mon: ဗြီ (prɜ̀m)
• Oriya: ବ୍ରହ୍ମା (or) (brôhma)
• Persian: برهما‎ (fa) (berahmâ)
• Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ (pa) (brhamā)
• Russian: Бра́хма (ru) m (Bráxma)
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन् (sa) m (bráhman)
• Tagalog: Brama
• Telugu: బ్రహ్మ (te) (brahma)
• Thai: พรหม (th) (prom)

Noun

Brahma (plural Brahmas)

1. A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India.
2. A breed of Indian cattle, Bos indicus.

Anagrams

• Bahram, Bahrām, Barham, Braham, Rambha

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Czech

Proper noun

Brahma m

1. Brahma (Hindu god)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman).

Proper noun

Brahma

1. (Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.

Related terms

• bramacorah

 

Further reading

• “Brahma” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.