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Brahma

Definitions: Brahma

Brahma

Noun

1. The Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon.

2. Any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Brahma" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a prayer".

Date "Brahma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

Note: Brahma \Brah"ma\, noun. [See Brahman.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Brahma

DomainDefinitions

Satire

BRAHMA, n. He who created the Hindoos, who are preserved by Vishnu and destroyed by Siva -- a rather neater division of labor than is found among the deities of some other nations. The Abracadabranese, for example, are created by Sin, maintained by Theft and destroyed by Folly. The priests of Brahma, like those of Abracadabranese, are holy and learned men who are never naughty. O Brahma, thou rare old Divinity, First Person of the Hindoo Trinity, You sit there so calm and securely, With feet folded up so demurely -- You're the First Person Singular, surely. Polydore Smith. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Literature

Brahma (Indian ). The self-existing and invisible Creator of the universe; represented with four heads looking to the four corners of the world. The divine triad is Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva.
Brahma. One of the three beings created by God to assist in the creation of the world. The Brahmins claim him as the founder of their religious system.
"Whate'er in India holds the sacred name
Of piety or lore, the Brahmins claim;
In wildest rituals, vain and painful, lost,
Brahma, their founder, as a god they boast."
Camoens: Lusiad, book vii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Brahma

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brahma."

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Synonyms: Brahma

Synonyms: Bos indicus (n), Brahman (n), Brahmin (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Brahma

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Jupiter

Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Brahma

English words defined with "Brahma": Hindooism, HinduismKaPrajapatiSaraswati. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Brahma": BRAHMA. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Brahma" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (Brahma), Spanish (Brahma), Swedish (Brahma).

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Modern Usage: Brahma

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Brahma Vishnu Mahesh (1971)

The Brahma Diamond (1909)

Ravana Brahma (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Brahma

DomainTitle

References

  • Companhia Cervejaria Brahma SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Brahma in the West: William Blake and the Oriental Renaissance (reference)

  • Flower Adornment Sutra Chapter 16: Brahma Conduct (reference)

  • Peace and Purity: The Story of the Brahma Kumaris a Spiritual Revolution (reference)

  • The World Is Sound: Nada Brahma Music and the Landscape of Consciousness (reference)

  • Unto Brahma Consciousness: A Rendering of Vaalmeeki Raamaayana in a New Perspective Equalising the Claims of Raavana and Raama for the Here Parti (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Brahma

Photos:
Brahma

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Illustrations:
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Familiar Quotations: Brahma

AuthorQuotation

Victor Hugo

Brahma once asked of Force, "Who is stronger than you?" She replied, "Address."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Brahma

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Morocco

According to press reports in 2000, three former political prisoners (two identified as Abdellah El-Harrif and Mostapha Brahma) requested passports in 2000. The three had not been given passports, nor had they been advised why their passport requests were refused, by year's end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Brahma

"Brahma" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Brahma" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)91.67%11106,044
Noun (singular)8.33%1339,140
                    Total100.00%12N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Brahma

CountryName
Brazil

Companhia Cervejaria Brahma SA

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Brahma

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brahma

157

adidas brahma

5

brahma bull

44

brahma god hindu

5

brahma kumaris

40

brahma camper

5

boot brahma

30

brahma cattle

4

brahma bull tattoo

17

brahma sub

4

brahma cap truck

15

nada brahma

4

brahma camper shell

10

brahma cerveza logo

4

beer brahma

10

adire audio brahma

4

boot brahma work

9

brahma venezuela

4

brahma cerveza

9

brahma light

4

adire brahma

9

brahma shell

3

brahma canopy

6

brahma subwoofers

3

brahma chicken

6

brahma kumari

3

brahma bull picture

6

brahma cow

3

bar brahma

6

brahma sutra

3

brahma picture

6

brahma fotos

3

brahma sub woofer

6

brahma god hindu picture

3

brahma limão

6

brahma cerveja

3

brahma shoes

6

brahma shiva vishnu

3

brahma god

6

brahma bull rock tattoo

2
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Modern Translations: Brahma

Language Translations for "Brahma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

Брама. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(Sanskrit). (various references)

   

German

  

Brahman. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Brahma. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

梵天王 (the Creator). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぼ"て"おう (the Creator). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ahmabray

   

Portuguese

  

Brama (heat), Deus Hindu. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Брама. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

brama. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Brahma, brahaman; bracman. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Brahma. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Brahma

Derivations

Words beginning with "Brahma": brahmas. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Brahma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barahma, Barajna, Barcham, Barhams, Barsham, Baruma, Birama, Blaha, Borcham, Brabhams, Brahams, Brahmis, braimah, Braimoh, brama, Bramha, Bramhald, Brammah, Brehm, Brimah, Bromma, Frahm, Rahima, Rahimah, Rahmat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Brahma"

Words rhyming with "Brahma" (pronounced 'Brah"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma, Lucuma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Brahma

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-m-r"

-2 letters: amah, barm, haar, harm, maar.

-3 letters: aah, aba, aha, ama, arb, arm, baa, bah, bam, bar, bra, ham, mar, rah, ram.

-4 letters: aa, ab, ah, am, ar, ba, ha, hm, ma.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-h-m-r"
 

+1 letter: brahmas, sambhar.

 

+2 letters: chambray, sambhars.

 

+3 letters: chambrays.

 

+4 letters: amphibrach, matchboard.

 

+5 letters: amphibrachs, antechamber, chamberlain, chambermaid, matchboards, rhabdomancy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Brahma


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 72 61 68 6D 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-.    .-    ....    --    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110010 01100001 01101000 01101101 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#114 &#97 &#104 &#109 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0072 0061 0068 006D 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

368467747967

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
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