ब्रह्मा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā), nominative singular of ब्रह्मन् (brahman).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɾəɦ.mɑː/, [bɾɛʱ.mäː]

Proper noun

ब्रह्मा • (brahmā) m

(Hinduism) Brahma (the god of creation)

Declension

Declension of *ब्रह्मा* (sg-only masc unmarked ā-stem)
	singular
direct	ब्रह्मा brahmā
oblique	ब्रह्मा brahmā
vocative	ब्रह्मा brahmā

References

Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “ब्रह्मा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “ब्रह्मा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ब्रह्मा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884), “ब्रह्मा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿𑘦𑘰 (brahmā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɾəɦ.ma/, [bɾə.ma]

Proper noun

ब्रह्मा • (brahmā) m

(Hinduism) Brahma, the god of creation
Synonym: ब्रह्मदेव (brahmadev)

Declension

Declension of ब्रह्मा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
direct singular	ब्रह्मा brahmā
direct plural	ब्रह्मा brahmā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	ब्रह्मा brahmā	ब्रह्मा brahmā
oblique सामान्यरूप	ब्रह्मा brahmā	ब्रह्मां- brahmān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	ब्रह्माला brahmālā	ब्रह्मांना brahmānnā
ergative	ब्रह्माने, ब्रह्मानं brahmāne, brahmāna	ब्रह्मांनी brahmānnī
instrumental	ब्रह्माशी brahmāśī	ब्रह्मांशी brahmānśī
locative सप्तमी	ब्रह्मात brahmāt	ब्रह्मांत brahmāt
vocative संबोधन	ब्रह्मा brahmā	ब्रह्मांनो brahmānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of ब्रह्मा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	ब्रह्माचा brahmāċā	ब्रह्माचे brahmāċe	ब्रह्माची brahmācī	ब्रह्माच्या brahmācā	ब्रह्माचे, ब्रह्माचं brahmāċe, brahmāċa	ब्रह्माची brahmācī	ब्रह्माच्या brahmācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	ब्रह्मांचा brahmānċā	ब्रह्मांचे brahmānċe	ब्रह्मांची brahmāñcī	ब्रह्मांच्या brahmāncā	ब्रह्मांचे, ब्रह्मांचं brahmānċe, brahmānċa	ब्रह्मांची brahmāñcī	ब्रह्मांच्या brahmāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “ब्रह्मा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “ब्रह्मा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

brahmā (Latin script)
𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ব্রহ্মা (Bengali script)
බ්‍රහ‍්මා (Sinhalese script)
ဗြဟ္မာ or ၿြႁ္မႃ or ၿြႁ်မႃ (Burmese script)
พฺรหฺมา or พรัหมา (Thai script)
ᨻᩕᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມາ or ພຣັຫມາ (Lao script)
ព្រហ្មា (Khmer script)
𑄝𑄳𑄢𑄦𑄴𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Proper noun

ब्रह्मा

Devanagari script form of brahmā, which is nominative singular of ब्रह्मन् (brahman, “Brahma”)

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɾɐɦ.mɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɾɐɦ.mɑː/

Noun

ब्रह्मा • (brahmā) stem, m

masculine nominative singular of ब्रह्मन् (brahman)