Brahma

See also: brahma and brahmā

English

Brahma-Indian deity with four faces

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑmə/

Proper noun

Brahma

(Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.
(Hinduism) Alternative form of Brahman

Alternative forms

Brama (archaic)

Translations

Hindu god of creation

Armenian: Բրահմա (hy) (Brahma)
Bengali: ব্রহ্মা (bn) (brôhma)
Burmese: ဗြဟ္မာ (my) (brahma)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梵天 (zh) (Fàntiān)
Czech: Brahma m
Esperanto: Bramo
French: Brahmâ (fr)
Georgian: ბრაჰმა (brahma)
Greek: Μπράχμα (Bráchma)
Gujarati: બ્રહ્મા (brahmā)
Hindi: ब्रह्मा (hi) m (brahmā)
Irish: Bráma m
Japanese: ブラフマー (Burafumā), 梵天 (ぼんてん, Bonten)
Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ (kn) (brahma)
Khmer: ព្រហ្ម (km) (prum, prummea), ព្រះព្រហ្ម (preah prum), លោកសក្ខី (look sakkʰəy)
Korean: 브라흐마 (Beuraheuma), 범천(梵天) (ko) (Beomcheon)
Lao: ພົມ (phom)
Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മാവ് (ml) (brahmāvŭ)
Marathi: ब्रह्मा m (brahmā)
Mon: ဗြီ (prɜ̀m)
Oriya: ବ୍ରହ୍ମା (or) (brôhma)
Persian: برهما‎ (fa) (berahmâ)
Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ (pa) (brhamā)
Russian: Бра́хма (ru) m (Bráxma)
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन् (sa) m (bráhman)
Tagalog: Brama
Telugu: బ్రహ్మ (te) (brahma)
Thai: พรหม (th) (prom)

Noun

Brahma (plural Brahmas)

A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India.
A breed of Indian cattle, Bos indicus.

Anagrams

Bahram, Bahrām, Barham, Braham, Rambha

Czech

Proper noun

Brahma m

Brahma (Hindu god)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman).

Proper noun

Brahma

(Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.

Related terms

bramacorah

Further reading

“Brahma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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