brāmnāsäṣ
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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: | brāmnāsäṣ |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | ablative |
| 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
brāmnāsäṣ
| 1 | YQ I.2 b4 | • tām praṣtan-äb4(k) /// | brāmnāsäṣ | lyutār tāk kuyalyte kus |


