brāhmaṇe

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Meaning:	“brahman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	brāmaṃ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. brāhmaṇa-
Lexeme variants:	brāhmaṇe; brahmāṇe; brahmaṇe
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	brāhmaṇe	brāhmaṇi
voc	brāhmaṇa
acc	brāhmaṇeṃ
gen	brāhmaṇentse, brāhmaṇi	brāhmaṇeṃts
loc
comit
inst
abl	brāhmaṇeṃmpa
perl
all		brāhmaṇeṃśc
caus

Lexeme family

• brāhmaṇe “brahman” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	brāhmaṇe	brāhmaṇi
  voc	brāhmaṇa
  acc	brāhmaṇeṃ
  gen	brāhmaṇentse, brāhmaṇi	brāhmaṇeṃts
  abl	brāhmaṇeṃmpa
  all		brāhmaṇeṃśc

  • brāhmaññe “pertaining to a Brahmin”

    	sg.m
    nom	brāhmaññe
    acc	brāhmaññe

  • brāhmaṇiśke “Little Brahmin [diminutive]” m

    	sg
    nom	brāhmaṇiśke
    voc	brāhmaṇiśka

Occurrences

brahmaṇe

1	PK AS 12C a4	/// (śaiṣṣe)ne wätkāltsäññe •	brahmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ • nauṣäññeṃ rṣākeṃts
2	THT 1170.e b1	• b1 /// 30	brahmaṇe	ṣai mno ·pr· nu
3	THT 1540.g a4	l·e /// a4 ///	brahmaṇe	– – ·ai ra –

brahmāṇe

1

THT 135 b8

10σ 14σ 2σ ///

(bra)hmā;ṇe

wät no ; sa·ī

brāhmaṇe

1	Km-034-ZS-R-01 a7	laṃṣātai ॥ a7	brāhmaṇe	śrīsambhaveṃ lyāka ytārisa wṣeñai
2	Km-034-ZS-R-1.07 a1	a1	brāhmaṇe	śrīsambhaveṃ lyāka ytārisa wṣeñai
3	PK AS 6D a5	(pipralīkasā)re ñem ; śrāvastine	brāhmaṇe	; ṣeyä ksa (c)e(u)
4	PK AS 6D b4	(reki) (keklyauṣormeṃ) (100-6) (palska)	(brā)b5hmaṇe	takā =ne(ṃ) ; śärsā-ñ
5	PK NS 32 a3	wasa ॥ tane se	brāhmaṇe	jaṃbudvīp āyor kälpormeṃ katkauñaisa
6	PK NS 32 a6	॥ te weweñormeṃ roce	brāhmaṇe	ṣañ ypoyntse sal(y)ai b1
7	PK NS 32 b3	no ñake sū rob3(ce)	(brāhmaṇe)	(entseṣṣe) (amba)ri lānte yapoyne
8	PK NS 32 b3	yapoyne śem ॥ tumeṃ	brāhmaṇe	kerccīyeṃne yaipormeṃ lyākā-ne walo
9	PK NS 32 b4	käṣī kekamu tāka ॥	brāhmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ ॥ madanabhāratne ॥
10	PK NS 83 a1	t·e • ॥ tume(ṃ)	br(ā)hm(a)ṇe	kä(r)wāṣṣe ost tke(ṃt)sa śamä(śkaṃ)
11	THT 1 b6	/// (jātiśroṇe) (ñem)	(brāhmaṇe)	; (tsäṅkoṣ) (sklone) (empelye)
12	THT 2 b4	/// 21σ (jāti)śroṇe ñem	brāhmaṇe	tsäṅkoṣ b5 ///
13	THT 3 b1	lānte – 1σ omp	brā(hmaṇe)	; – – – – – – – 7σ ;
14	THT 25 a2	cau-k cmelne sū ;	br(āhmaṇe)	/// /// ake-k postäṃ
15	THT 81 a2	k(a)pilava(r)ṇ(e) a2	brāhmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ spantai käṣṣi weṃ
16	THT 81 a2	käṣṣi weṃ ॥ rudramukhe	brāhmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ ॥ niṣkramāṃne ॥
17	THT 81 a5	a5 yamaṣä(l)le (•)	brāhmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ (tusā)ksa nai yes
18	THT 88 a1	lnaṣṣi-ne ॥ tumeṃ durmukhe	brāhmaṇe	uttare{ṃ} śamaśkeṃ kärwāṣṣai witsakaisa
19	THT 88 a3	yopsa-ne ॥ tane rudraśarme	brāhmaṇe	• portsaisa utta(r)e(ṃ) (mñcu)ṣkeṃ
20	THT 90 b4	/// ॥ śle tremeṃ	(brā)hmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ hai mab5(ṇiśvara) ///
21	THT 95 a1	kuse no sū (rudramukhe)	(brāh)m(a)ṇe	ṣai soy śano makce
22	THT 350 b2	aiśamñesa ke(kenu) some ñemtsa	brāhmaṇe	ṣai : sū br(āhmane)
23	THT 352 a4	a4 /// tme nai	brāhmaṇe	snai ka° a5 ///
24	THT 357 a2	/// c{†ä} • tumeṃ	brāhmaṇe	/// a3 /// hmaṃñe
25	THT 374.d b2	/// – • ॥	brāhmaṇe	weṣṣäṃ ///
26	THT 374.e a1	a1 ///	brāhmaṇe	weṣṣaṃ-neś ñī /// a2
27	THT 374.h a2	a2 /// l·ñe cwi	brāhma(ṇe)	/// a3 /// n·a
28	THT 1165.a b1	ne pernauntsai • allek	brāhmaṇe	mäskītär su snai n·a
29	THT 1573.a b6	wṣeññaine mäskeñca : śem-ne(ś)	brāhmaṇe	sai ///
30	THT 3124 a2	/// a2 /// –	brāhmaṇe	nā /// a3 ///