brāmnāñ
| Cite this page as: | "brāmnāñ". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_brāmnāñ (accessed 11 Feb. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling and Pinault 2023: “Brahmin, member of the Brahmanic caste, a Brahmanic teacher or priest” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | brāhmaṇe |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. brāhmaṇa- |
| Lexeme variants: | brāmnāñ |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -āñ |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | brāmaṃ | brāmnāñ | |
| voc | |||
| acc | brāmaṃ | brāmnās | |
| gen | brāmne | brāmnāśśi | |
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | brāmnäṣ | brāmnāsäṣ | |
| perl | brāmnā | ||
| all | brāmnac | ||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- brāmaṃ “Brahmin, member of the Brahmanic caste, a Brahmanic teacher or priest”
m
sg pl nom brāmaṃ brāmnāñ acc brāmaṃ brāmnās gen brāmne brāmnāśśi abl brāmnäṣ brāmnāsäṣ perl brāmnā all brāmnac - brāhmaṇiṃ “of a brahmin”
sg.m acc brāhmaṇiṃ - brāmnune “brahminhood”
n
sg nom brāmnune acc brāmnune - brāmnuneṣi “of brahminhood”
sg.m nom brāmnuneṣi
- brāmnuneṣi “of brahminhood”
- brāhmañi “brahmanic”
sg.m sg.f pl.m nom prāmañi brāmaṇi acc brāhmañi brāmmañinäs - brāmnāñc “wife of a Brahmin”
f
sg loc brāmnāñcānaṃ
- brāhmaṇiṃ “of a brahmin”
Occurrences
brāmnāñ
| 1 | A 63 a5 | (ārkyan)t{†ä} wsāluyo ; omkāreñ | brāmnāñ | ; weñār wākmtsaṃ ; |
| 2 | A 95 a3 | 1 ॥ yas nu | brāmnāñ | śāstris a° a4 /// |
| 3 | A 96 a5 | a5 /// käṣ yas | brāmnāñ | veda{p→ṣ}ine plācis artha mā |
| 4 | A 288 b1 | • ceṣ yāvśi(ki) – – | (brām)n(ā)ñ | caraki parivrājak(i) • nmuk |
| 5 | A 288 b8 | (wa)ṣtäṣ ; lantuṣ neñc | brāmnāñ | caraki ; nagni pari;vr(ājaki) |
| 6 | A 395 b5 | ārwār tākab5r ṣñikek cem | brāmnāñ | ॥ sūbhādrenaṃ ॥ letkār |
| 7 | THT 1139 a5 | a5 yärśār worpu /// | (brā)a6mnāñ | pkä(nt) (pkänt) /// b1 |
| 8 | YQ I.1 a1 | (•) (ceṣ) (yāvśi) – – – – | brāmnāñ | caraki parivrāa2(jaki) (•) (nmuk) |
| 9 | YQ I.1 b3 | ; lantuṣ neñc : | b(rā)b4(mnāñ) | (caraki) ; (nagni) (pari);(vrājaki) |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
