Brahmaputra

English

Alternative forms

• Burrampooter (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/

Proper noun

Brahmaputra

1. A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
   • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Tibet”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China‎^[1], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198:

     Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain.

Synonyms

• (upper stream) Yarlung Tsangpo, Yarlung Zangbo

Translations

river

• Assamese: ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ (brohmoputro)
• Bengali: ব্রহ্মপুত্র (bn) (bromhoputro), যমুনা (bn) (jomuna)
• Burmese: ဗြဟ္မာပုတ္တ (brahmaputta.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉馬普特拉河／布拉马普特拉河 (Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé)

• Greek: Βραχμαπούτρα (el) m (Vrachmapoútra)
• Hindi: ब्रह्मपुत्र (hi) (brahmaputra)
• Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മപുത്ര (ml) (brahmaputra)
• Marathi: ब्रह्मपुत्र f (brahmaputra)
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र (sa) f (brahmaputra)
• Urdu: برہمپترہ

Noun

Brahmaputra (plural Brahmaputras)

1. A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.