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brāmnāśśi

Cite this page as:	"brāmnāśśi". 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_brāmnāśśi (accessed 11 Dec. 2023).
Meaning:	“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:	brāmnāśśi
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine

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 m

  	sg	pl
  nom	brāmaṃ	brāmnāñ
  acc	brāmaṃ	brāmnās
  gen	brāmne	brāmnāśśi
  abl	brāmnäṣ	brāmnāsäṣ
  perl	brāmnā
  all	brāmnac

  • brāhmaṇiṃ

    	sg.m
    acc	brāhmaṇiṃ

  • brāmnune n

    	sg
    nom	brāmnune
    acc	brāmnune

    • brāmnuneṣi

      	sg.m
      nom	brāmnuneṣi

  • brāhmañi

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
    nom	prāmañi	brāmaṇi
    acc	brāhmañi		brāmmañinäs

  • brāmnāñc f

    	sg
    loc	brāmnāñcānaṃ

Commentary

Translation by Carling and Pinault 2023: Brahmin, member of the Brahmanic caste, a Brahmanic teacher or priest

Occurrences

brāmnāśśi

1	A 59 b6		(brā)mnāśśi	śwātsi pāk pyām ॥
2	A 274 b5	rk«†ä» yaṣ māk wäknā	brāmnāśśi	dakṣiṃ wawuräṣ seyaṣiṃ ā
3	A 395 b2	mäṃt ne nimittājñes	brāmnāśśi	śrāvasti riyā pre säm

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and Thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.