Definition of Brahui

1. Noun. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.

Generic synonyms: Pakistani

2. Noun. An isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan.
Generic synonyms: North Dravidian

Definition of Brahui

1. Proper noun. a pastoral people of Eastern Baluchistan ¹

2. Proper noun. the Dravidian language of this people ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brahui

Brahmaputras
Brahmas
Brahmenism
Brahmi
Brahmic
Brahmin
Brahminism
Brahmins
Brahmo
Brahmo Samaj
Brahmoes
Brahmoism
Brahmos
Brahms
Brahui
Braiden
Braille
Brailsford
Brailsford-Morquio disease
Brain's reflex
Brajesh
Bram Stoker
Brama
Brama raii
Bramah press
Bramah presses
Bramante

Literary usage of Brahui

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"A remarkable analogy between the brahui and the Dravidian languages ia ... In brahui ten is similarly used, not ad a particle, nor only as an adverb, ..."

2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"A remarkable analogy between the brahui and the Dravidian languages is ... In brahui ten is similarly used, not as a particle, nor only as an adverb, ..."

3. The Science of Language: Linguistics, Philology, Etymology by Abel Hovelacque (1877)
"... (south-west of Calcutta), would seem, like Sinhalese, to be independent of the Dravidian group. (3) brahui, Spoken ..."

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