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बृहत्

बृहत्

See also: बहुत

Sanskrit

Adjective

बृहत् • ‎(bṛhát)

  1. lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty
  2. full-grown , old
  3. extended or bright (as a luminous body)
  4. clear, loud (said of sounds)

Usage notes

In later language usually written as वृहत ‎(vṛhat).

Noun

बृहत् • ‎(bṛhát) f

  1. a kind of vegetable

Noun

बृहत् • ‎(bṛhát) m

  1. speech

Noun

बृहत् • ‎(bṛhát) n

  1. height
  2. heaven, sky

Adverb

बृहत् • ‎(bṛhát) n

  1. far and wide, on high
  2. firmly, compactly
  3. brightly
  4. greatly, much
  5. aloud

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *br̥hánt, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bhrj́hant-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrǵʰ-ent- ‎(“high”), a derivation of *bʰerǵʰ- ‎(“to rise”), with cognates including Persian بالا ‎(bālā, “height”) and بلند ‎(boland, buland, “high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր ‎(barjr, “high”), Tocharian A pärkär ‎(“long”) and Old English burg (English borough).

The corresponding verbal Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ- ‎(“to become high, rise, elevate”) also gave Sanskrit बृंहति ‎(bṛṃhati, “to make strong, make lofty, firm”) and ब्राह्मण ‎(brāhmaṇa, “Brahma”).

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