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Brahmaputra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).

Meanings

1. A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.

Forms

Brahmaputra en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).

Meanings

1. A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
   • Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain. 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Tibet”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198:

Forms

Synonyms

Yarlung Zangbo · Yarlung Tsangpo (upper stream)

Translations (11)

sa ब्रह्मपुत्र (river) · bn ব্রহ্মপুত্র (river) · ml ബ്രഹ്മപുത്ര (river) · ur برہمپترہ (river) · el Βραχμαπούτρα (river) · cmn 布拉馬普特拉河 /布拉马普特拉河 (river) · as ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ (river) · bn যমুনা (river) · mr ब्रह्मपुत्र (river) · my ဗြဟ္မာပုတ္တ (river) · hi ब्रह्मपुत्र (river)