Brahminn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɑːmɪn/, U.S.

/ˈbrɑmən/

Forms:

α. Middle English Bragmanes (plural), Middle English Bragmannes (plural), Middle English Bragmayn, Middle English Bragmenys (plural), Middle English Bragmeyn, Middle English–1600s Bragman, 1500s Bramanes (plural), 1500s–1800s Brachman, 1500s– Brahman Brit. /ˈbrɑːmən/, U.S. /ˈbrɑmən/, 1600s Brachmane, 1600s Brackman, 1600s–1800s Braman, 1700s–1800s Brahmun, 1800s Bramhan (irregular), 1800s Bramhun (irregular), 1800s–1900s Bramhin (irregular).

β. 1500s–1900s Bramin, 1600s Brahmen, 1600s Bramen, 1600s Bramine, 1600s–1800s Brachmin, 1600s– Brahmin.

γ. 1600s Braminy, 1600s Bramyni.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: French bragman, bramine; Latin Bracmāni, Bragmānae; Greek βραχμᾶνες; Sanskrit brāhmaṇa.

Etymology: In α. forms < several related words: (i) Middle French bragman (1464 in the passage translated in quot. 1481), brachmane (1532; French brahmane ), (ii) its etymon classical Latin Bragmānae, plural (Pliny), Bracmāni (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also Brachmanae (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), Brachmani, Bragmanes (4th cent.), (iii) its etymon Hellenistic Greek βραχμᾶνες (plural), and (iv) its etymon Sanskrit brāhmaṇa (see below). In β. forms (v) < Middle French bramine (1540), Middle French, French bramine (1575; French †brahmine ) < Portuguese bramine (1502) < a vernacular pronunciation of Sanskrit brāhmaṇa , masculine < brahman , neuter (see Brahma n.¹) + -a, derivative suffix (causing ablaut change).Compare Spanish brahmán (16th cent.), Portuguese brâmane (1505; compare earlier †barahamate , in the same sense (1333)), Italian bramano (16th cent.), and also Old French Abraiaman (13th cent. in Marco Polo). Compare further Middle Dutch brachman (Dutch bramaan ), German Brahmane (1506 as bragmane ). Specific senses. Sense 1 may reflect a medieval misunderstanding of classical sources. With sense 4 compare earlier Brahma n.¹ Compounds; compare also earlier Compounds 2 below and Brahminy adj. 2. Latin plural forms occurring in English contexts. In the early modern period, Latin plural forms are also sometimes found in English contexts, compare e.g.:1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cv^v Their Priestes (called Bramini [L. Bramini]).1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 164 But that the said Brachmani herein shewed the selfe same thing that Aristotle teacheth. Variant forms. Forms with -mh- probably originated as misreadings or typographical errors. Current forms. Although the form Brahman is now often preferred in academic use, the form Brahmin remains widespread, perhaps partly to avoid confusion with Brahman , variant of Brahma n.¹, from which it is difficult to distinguish in writing, and (outside India) often also in pronunciation.

†1. A native or inhabitant of India. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 455 Alisaundre..arrayed hym to werre in þe ilond of Bragmans [L. Bragmanarum].

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. sig. e6^v Other peple whiche ben callyd..bragman [Fr. Bragman] whiche ben fayrer than they to fore named.

1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 124 For if they had bene brought forth into the worlde in the tyme of the ancient Indians, Brachmans, Spartins, Lacedemonians, or in the time of the Romains, or in the raign of the Emperor Mauritius, their history and figure had ben buryed with their bodies.

2. In the traditional Indian caste system: a member of the highest group of castes, originally that of priests and scholars.Cf. Kshatriya n., Vaishya n., Shudra n.In early use, it is sometimes difficult to determine whether the evidence belongs here or at sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > patrician > among Hindus

Brahmin1542

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Brahminism > person

Brahmin1542

Brahmanist1816

1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Apollonius He went into Egypt, Persia, Ethiope, and Inde, and lernyd of the Bragmanes, and Gymnosophistæ.

1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 252 The Bramanes which are their priests.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis iii. 66 The Bramines of Agra mark themselves in the Forehead.

1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 14 And Brachmans deep in desart Woods rever'd.

1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 163 Aryavarta was the Holy Land of the Brahmans.

1867 W. C. Plowden Census N.W. Provinces 1865 (India) I. App. B. 115 Three brahmins..marrying in the family of Lunar Chuttree, received for dowries landed property.

2005 New Internationalist July 24/2 In 1990, the village celebrated Dassain, a national festival. It was organized by the Brahmins and everyone was asked to make a contribution.

3. In extended use: a member of any social or cultural elite.In U.S. use sometimes spec. with reference to the upper classes of urban New England society, esp. in Boston Brahmin.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of

optimate1574

gentle blood1575

patrician1631

grandlinga1637

(man, woman) of fashion1702

Brahmani1704

ruffled shirt1754

aristocrat1789

thoroughbred1817

Brahmin1823

big bug1826

ruffle shirt1830

ruffle-shirter1842

blue blood1850

aristo1864

upper1955

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII lxxxiii. 96 Thirty-three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.

1858 Times 8 June 9/2 It is the faith of our high political Brahmins that the people are ‘accursed’, and the House of Commons..equally ignorant, self-willed, and presumptuous.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor's Story i, in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 93/1 The other young man..comes of the Brahmin caste of New England. This is the harmless, inoffensive, untitled aristocracy to which I have referred.

1861 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 349/1 Even our poor ‘Brahmins’..even these poor New England Brahmins of ours, subvirates of an organizable base as they often are, count as full men, if [etc.].

1907 Railway Conductor Dec. 944/1 The advanced liberal Protestant..may be ranked with the Brahmins of science and in a class by himself.

1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. viii. 219 The West..was dominating the American outlook, in spite of the smug Boston Brahmins.

2003 J. M. Doss Let Bastards Go v. 27 The way he told it, he was merely a simple Cuban immigrant boy, while I was a political Brahmin, with every Louisiana official neatly in my hip pocket.

4. Now usually in form Brahman. A bovine animal of the Brahman breed (see Compounds 2), or of the zebu type from which it is derived.

ΚΠ

1859 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1858 18 549 The grade Brahmins in Georgia make first rate bullocks for the yoke.

1934 W. H. Black et al. Beef Production & Quality (U.S. Dept. Agric. Techn. Bull. No. 417) 2 Practically no attempt has been made to breed pure Brahmans for beef production.

2001 E. Schlosser Fast Food Nation Epil. 256 He combined Herefords, Shorthorns, and Brahmans to make a whole new breed..: the Beefmaster.

Compounds

C1.

a. General use as a modifier, as in Brahmin caste, Brahmin priest, etc.

ΚΠ

1589 Breefe Coniecturall Disc. Hierographicall Lett. & Caracters Ep. Ded. sig. A.ij Pithagoras..who deliuered vnto his hearers the pith and substance of that knowledge and science that the Egyptian prophets, the Assirian Chaldes.., and further East the Brachman Iewes did in his time and before professe.

1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 120 A Brachman Youth and he being alone together, told him, That his Master, before he would instruct them in his Doctrine, made them take the foremention'd Oath.

1844 W. H. Sleeman Rambles & Recoll. I. 130 I once heard a very learned Brahman priest say, that he thought the decline of his family and government arose from this innovation.

1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) III. 284/1 He was of a poor brahmin family, of the Deccan.

1907 Sister Nivedita Cradle Tales Hinduism 273 The Brahmin caste is the highest and most religious amongst the Hindus.

1930 G. A. Oddie Hindu & Christian in S.-E. India (1991) i. 15 No Europeans shall be allowed to dwell near any tanks or ponds belonging to Pagodas or Brahmin villages.

1995 Times of India 13 Apr. 11/1 She belonged to what was considered the elevated Brahmin caste of Nagars.

b. With agent nouns, forming compounds with the sense ‘one who has killed a Brahmin’, as in Brahmin killer, Brahmin slayer, etc. Cf. Brahmanicide n.¹ [After Sanskrit brahmahan: see Brahmanicide n.¹]

ΚΠ

1858 tr. Bhāgavata Purana IX. xvi. 17–18 in J. Muir Orig. Sanskrit Texts I. 161 The city..had been robbed of its glory by those Brahman-slayers.

1990 C. Mackenzie Brown Triumph of Goddess i. iii. 60 Even the worst of sinners and the ritually impure, including outcastes and Brahman-slayers, can be sanctified and redeemed through devotion to the Lord.

2020 B. Collins Other Rāma iv. 116 In addition to being a well-known seducer, Śiva is also an infamous Brahmin killer.

C2. As a modifier (now usually in the form Brahman), designating a type or subspecies of ox with a shoulder hump and a large dewlap, Bos taurus indicus, first domesticated in South Asia, tolerant of heat and drought, and now widely bred in tropical countries (also called zebu), or (in later use, and now chiefly) a hybrid of this with other domestic cattle, esp. as constituting a recognized American breed, as in Brahman bull, Brahman ox, etc. See also sense 4.Cf. Brahma n.¹ Compounds, Brahminy adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos indicus or zebu

zebu1771

Brahminy1803

Brahmin1829

1829 London Lit. Gaz. 18 July 474/3 Among the novelties [at the Zoological Gardens]..we noticed the Brahmin bull (not white, as has been stated in the newspapers, but gray; and certainly a beautiful as well as interesting animal).

1833 Weekly Visitor 9 July 249/1 The Brahmin ox, venerated as it may be, is..commonly made use of as a beast of burden.

1925 Econ. Geogr. 1 163/1 The environment of southern Asia has coöperated with other agencies in producing distinct species of cattle such as the Brahman or zebu type.

1994 Lamp Summer 9/2 Of billabongs hiding ibis and cranes, kites and parrots, pigs and brahmin cows, flamingos and emus.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 167 Dad is going to find, herd, dip, vaccinate, dehorn, castrate, cull, and brand a few thousand head of wild Brahman cattle.

C3.

Brahmin beads n. (also Brahmin's beads) the round corrugated seeds of the rudraksha tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, used as prayer beads or jewellery.

ΚΠ

1858 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 1 Oct. 655/2 A still more ornamental seed used for bracelets and rosaries, is the spherical corrugated seed of the Elæocarpus ganitrus, which are generally admired. In India they are known as Brahmin's beads.

1862 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 17 June Among the collection will be found..Chinese Blinds, Brahmin Beads, Paintings on Ivory, Backgammon Boards.

1905 Edinb. Evening News 10 July 3/4 Wearing robes of cream lace and Indian silk, [and] a necklace of Brahmin beads..Mrs Besant looked the part of the high priestess of a mystic cult.

2020 B. Reed Wi 353 Nimalsiri Uncle was already there on his knees, his Brahmin beads on the rattle.

Derivatives

Brahminhood n.

/ˈbrɑːmənhʊd/ the rank or position of a Brahmin; the state or condition of being a Brahmin; Brahmins collectively. [After Sanskrit brāhmaṇya ( < brāhmaṇa Brahmin (see main etymology) + -ya, suffix forming abstract nouns).]

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Brahminism > position of

Brahminhood1794

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > patrician > among Hindus > position of

Brahminhood1794

1794 C. Wilkins tr. Dooshwanta & Sakoontalā vii, in Oriental Repertory 2 iii. 447 When, at length, he was admitted into the Brāhmanhood, he became a slave to unlawful pleasures.

1806 J. Marshman & W. Carey tr. Valmiki Ramayuna I. 536 I will afflict myself till I obtain brahmanhood as the fruit of sacred austerities.

1866 Reader 17 Mar. 269 The issue of such marriage being admissible to the Bráhmanhood in the seventh generation.

2002 K. K. Singh Fiction of Bhabani Bhattacharya iii. 100 Biten..renounces his Brahminhood throwing away his sacred thread and promising never more to speak about his caste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	brahmin
释义	Brahminn. Brit. /ˈbrɑːmɪn/, U.S. /ˈbrɑmən/ Forms: α. Middle English Bragmanes (plural), Middle English Bragmannes (plural), Middle English Bragmayn, Middle English Bragmenys (plural), Middle English Bragmeyn, Middle English–1600s Bragman, 1500s Bramanes (plural), 1500s–1800s Brachman, 1500s– Brahman Brit. /ˈbrɑːmən/, U.S. /ˈbrɑmən/, 1600s Brachmane, 1600s Brackman, 1600s–1800s Braman, 1700s–1800s Brahmun, 1800s Bramhan (irregular), 1800s Bramhun (irregular), 1800s–1900s Bramhin (irregular). β. 1500s–1900s Bramin, 1600s Brahmen, 1600s Bramen, 1600s Bramine, 1600s–1800s Brachmin, 1600s– Brahmin. γ. 1600s Braminy, 1600s Bramyni. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: French bragman, bramine; Latin Bracmāni, Bragmānae; Greek βραχμᾶνες; Sanskrit brāhmaṇa. Etymology: In α. forms < several related words: (i) Middle French bragman (1464 in the passage translated in quot. 1481), brachmane (1532; French brahmane ), (ii) its etymon classical Latin Bragmānae, plural (Pliny), Bracmāni (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also Brachmanae (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), Brachmani, Bragmanes (4th cent.), (iii) its etymon Hellenistic Greek βραχμᾶνες (plural), and (iv) its etymon Sanskrit brāhmaṇa (see below). In β. forms (v) < Middle French bramine (1540), Middle French, French bramine (1575; French †brahmine ) < Portuguese bramine (1502) < a vernacular pronunciation of Sanskrit brāhmaṇa , masculine < brahman , neuter (see Brahma n.¹) + -a, derivative suffix (causing ablaut change).Compare Spanish brahmán (16th cent.), Portuguese brâmane (1505; compare earlier †barahamate , in the same sense (1333)), Italian bramano (16th cent.), and also Old French Abraiaman (13th cent. in Marco Polo). Compare further Middle Dutch brachman (Dutch bramaan ), German Brahmane (1506 as bragmane ). Specific senses. Sense 1 may reflect a medieval misunderstanding of classical sources. With sense 4 compare earlier Brahma n.¹ Compounds; compare also earlier Compounds 2 below and Brahminy adj. 2. Latin plural forms occurring in English contexts. In the early modern period, Latin plural forms are also sometimes found in English contexts, compare e.g.:1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cv^v Their Priestes (called Bramini [L. Bramini]).1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 164 But that the said Brachmani herein shewed the selfe same thing that Aristotle teacheth. Variant forms. Forms with -mh- probably originated as misreadings or typographical errors. Current forms. Although the form Brahman is now often preferred in academic use, the form Brahmin remains widespread, perhaps partly to avoid confusion with Brahman , variant of Brahma n.¹, from which it is difficult to distinguish in writing, and (outside India) often also in pronunciation. †1. A native or inhabitant of India. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 455 Alisaundre..arrayed hym to werre in þe ilond of Bragmans [L. Bragmanarum]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. sig. e6^v Other peple whiche ben callyd..bragman [Fr. Bragman] whiche ben fayrer than they to fore named. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 124 For if they had bene brought forth into the worlde in the tyme of the ancient Indians, Brachmans, Spartins, Lacedemonians, or in the time of the Romains, or in the raign of the Emperor Mauritius, their history and figure had ben buryed with their bodies. 2. In the traditional Indian caste system: a member of the highest group of castes, originally that of priests and scholars.Cf. Kshatriya n., Vaishya n., Shudra n.In early use, it is sometimes difficult to determine whether the evidence belongs here or at sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > patrician > among Hindus Brahmin1542 society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Brahminism > person Brahmin1542 Brahmanist1816 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Apollonius He went into Egypt, Persia, Ethiope, and Inde, and lernyd of the Bragmanes, and Gymnosophistæ. 1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 252 The Bramanes which are their priests. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis iii. 66 The Bramines of Agra mark themselves in the Forehead. 1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 14 And Brachmans deep in desart Woods rever'd. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 163 Aryavarta was the Holy Land of the Brahmans. 1867 W. C. Plowden Census N.W. Provinces 1865 (India) I. App. B. 115 Three brahmins..marrying in the family of Lunar Chuttree, received for dowries landed property. 2005 New Internationalist July 24/2 In 1990, the village celebrated Dassain, a national festival. It was organized by the Brahmins and everyone was asked to make a contribution. 3. In extended use: a member of any social or cultural elite.In U.S. use sometimes spec. with reference to the upper classes of urban New England society, esp. in Boston Brahmin. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of optimate1574 gentle blood1575 patrician1631 grandlinga1637 (man, woman) of fashion1702 Brahmani1704 ruffled shirt1754 aristocrat1789 thoroughbred1817 Brahmin1823 big bug1826 ruffle shirt1830 ruffle-shirter1842 blue blood1850 aristo1864 upper1955 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII lxxxiii. 96 Thirty-three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton. 1858 Times 8 June 9/2 It is the faith of our high political Brahmins that the people are ‘accursed’, and the House of Commons..equally ignorant, self-willed, and presumptuous. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor's Story i, in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 93/1 The other young man..comes of the Brahmin caste of New England. This is the harmless, inoffensive, untitled aristocracy to which I have referred. 1861 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 349/1 Even our poor ‘Brahmins’..even these poor New England Brahmins of ours, subvirates of an organizable base as they often are, count as full men, if [etc.]. 1907 Railway Conductor Dec. 944/1 The advanced liberal Protestant..may be ranked with the Brahmins of science and in a class by himself. 1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. viii. 219 The West..was dominating the American outlook, in spite of the smug Boston Brahmins. 2003 J. M. Doss Let Bastards Go v. 27 The way he told it, he was merely a simple Cuban immigrant boy, while I was a political Brahmin, with every Louisiana official neatly in my hip pocket. 4. Now usually in form Brahman. A bovine animal of the Brahman breed (see Compounds 2), or of the zebu type from which it is derived. ΚΠ 1859 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1858 18 549 The grade Brahmins in Georgia make first rate bullocks for the yoke. 1934 W. H. Black et al. Beef Production & Quality (U.S. Dept. Agric. Techn. Bull. No. 417) 2 Practically no attempt has been made to breed pure Brahmans for beef production. 2001 E. Schlosser Fast Food Nation Epil. 256 He combined Herefords, Shorthorns, and Brahmans to make a whole new breed..: the Beefmaster. Compounds C1. a. General use as a modifier, as in Brahmin caste, Brahmin priest, etc. ΚΠ 1589 Breefe Coniecturall Disc. Hierographicall Lett. & Caracters Ep. Ded. sig. A.ij Pithagoras..who deliuered vnto his hearers the pith and substance of that knowledge and science that the Egyptian prophets, the Assirian Chaldes.., and further East the Brachman Iewes did in his time and before professe. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 120 A Brachman Youth and he being alone together, told him, That his Master, before he would instruct them in his Doctrine, made them take the foremention'd Oath. 1844 W. H. Sleeman Rambles & Recoll. I. 130 I once heard a very learned Brahman priest say, that he thought the decline of his family and government arose from this innovation. 1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) III. 284/1 He was of a poor brahmin family, of the Deccan. 1907 Sister Nivedita Cradle Tales Hinduism 273 The Brahmin caste is the highest and most religious amongst the Hindus. 1930 G. A. Oddie Hindu & Christian in S.-E. India (1991) i. 15 No Europeans shall be allowed to dwell near any tanks or ponds belonging to Pagodas or Brahmin villages. 1995 Times of India 13 Apr. 11/1 She belonged to what was considered the elevated Brahmin caste of Nagars. b. With agent nouns, forming compounds with the sense ‘one who has killed a Brahmin’, as in Brahmin killer, Brahmin slayer, etc. Cf. Brahmanicide n.¹ [After Sanskrit brahmahan: see Brahmanicide n.¹] ΚΠ 1858 tr. Bhāgavata Purana IX. xvi. 17–18 in J. Muir Orig. Sanskrit Texts I. 161 The city..had been robbed of its glory by those Brahman-slayers. 1990 C. Mackenzie Brown Triumph of Goddess i. iii. 60 Even the worst of sinners and the ritually impure, including outcastes and Brahman-slayers, can be sanctified and redeemed through devotion to the Lord. 2020 B. Collins Other Rāma iv. 116 In addition to being a well-known seducer, Śiva is also an infamous Brahmin killer. C2. As a modifier (now usually in the form Brahman), designating a type or subspecies of ox with a shoulder hump and a large dewlap, Bos taurus indicus, first domesticated in South Asia, tolerant of heat and drought, and now widely bred in tropical countries (also called zebu), or (in later use, and now chiefly) a hybrid of this with other domestic cattle, esp. as constituting a recognized American breed, as in Brahman bull, Brahman ox, etc. See also sense 4.Cf. Brahma n.¹ Compounds, Brahminy adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos indicus or zebu zebu1771 Brahminy1803 Brahmin1829 1829 London Lit. Gaz. 18 July 474/3 Among the novelties [at the Zoological Gardens]..we noticed the Brahmin bull (not white, as has been stated in the newspapers, but gray; and certainly a beautiful as well as interesting animal). 1833 Weekly Visitor 9 July 249/1 The Brahmin ox, venerated as it may be, is..commonly made use of as a beast of burden. 1925 Econ. Geogr. 1 163/1 The environment of southern Asia has coöperated with other agencies in producing distinct species of cattle such as the Brahman or zebu type. 1994 Lamp Summer 9/2 Of billabongs hiding ibis and cranes, kites and parrots, pigs and brahmin cows, flamingos and emus. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 167 Dad is going to find, herd, dip, vaccinate, dehorn, castrate, cull, and brand a few thousand head of wild Brahman cattle. C3. Brahmin beads n. (also Brahmin's beads) the round corrugated seeds of the rudraksha tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, used as prayer beads or jewellery. ΚΠ 1858 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 1 Oct. 655/2 A still more ornamental seed used for bracelets and rosaries, is the spherical corrugated seed of the Elæocarpus ganitrus, which are generally admired. In India they are known as Brahmin's beads. 1862 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 17 June Among the collection will be found..Chinese Blinds, Brahmin Beads, Paintings on Ivory, Backgammon Boards. 1905 Edinb. Evening News 10 July 3/4 Wearing robes of cream lace and Indian silk, [and] a necklace of Brahmin beads..Mrs Besant looked the part of the high priestess of a mystic cult. 2020 B. Reed Wi 353 Nimalsiri Uncle was already there on his knees, his Brahmin beads on the rattle. Derivatives Brahminhood n. /ˈbrɑːmənhʊd/ the rank or position of a Brahmin; the state or condition of being a Brahmin; Brahmins collectively. [After Sanskrit brāhmaṇya ( < brāhmaṇa Brahmin (see main etymology) + -ya, suffix forming abstract nouns).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Brahminism > position of Brahminhood1794 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > patrician > among Hindus > position of Brahminhood1794 1794 C. Wilkins tr. Dooshwanta & Sakoontalā vii, in Oriental Repertory 2 iii. 447 When, at length, he was admitted into the Brāhmanhood, he became a slave to unlawful pleasures. 1806 J. Marshman & W. Carey tr. Valmiki Ramayuna I. 536 I will afflict myself till I obtain brahmanhood as the fruit of sacred austerities. 1866 Reader 17 Mar. 269 The issue of such marriage being admissible to the Bráhmanhood in the seventh generation. 2002 K. K. Singh Fiction of Bhabani Bhattacharya iii. 100 Biten..renounces his Brahminhood throwing away his sacred thread and promising never more to speak about his caste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.a1387
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