different between brahmin vs varna

English

Alternative forms

• Brahmin, brahman
• Bramin (dated)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???????? (br??hma?a).

Noun

brahmin (plural brahmins)

1. A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.

   Synonym: brahmana

2. One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
3. A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
4. A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
   • 2018, Zach Dorfman, "How to Kill a Presidential Scandal," Foreign Policy:

     In Iran-Contra, the independent counsel investigating the scandal, Lawrence Walsh, was a deadly serious Brahmin lawyer with a sterling Republican pedigree; he nevertheless faced withering criticism from members of his own party, just as special counsel Robert Mueller has as he investigates Trump and his circle.

5. A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.

Related terms

• Boston Brahmin
• brahminical

Translations

Adjective

brahmin (not comparable)

1. Scholarly.

Synonyms

• brahminic
• brahminical

Translations

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (vár?a, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root ?????? (v??oti, “to choose, select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??n?/, /?v??n?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)n?

Noun

varna (plural varnas)

1. (Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes

Related terms

• Brahmin
• Kshatriya
• Vaishya
• Shudra

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Varna
• Wikipedia article on varnas in Hinduism

References

• Credo, Quia Occidentale
• Welzer, Albrecht. 1994. Credo, Quia Occidentale: A Note on Sanskrit varna and its Misinterpretation in Literature on Mamamsa and Vyakarana. In: Studies in Mamamsa: Dr Mandan Mishra Felicitation Volume edited by R.C. Dwivedi. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

Anagrams

• Arnav, Narva, Navar, Vrana, navar, varan

Icelandic

Noun

varna

1. indefinite genitive plural of vörn

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wár?n??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?varn?/

Noun

várna f (plural várnos) stress pattern 1

1. (Corvus cornix) crow

   várna krañkia/r??kia - a crow caws/cries

Declension

Related terms

• (noun) varnas m

Derived terms

(nouns):

• (diminutive) varnel?
• juodvarnis m

See also

• kovas

References

• “varna” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. ?ISBN

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warn?n?.

Verb

varna

1. to be careful
2. to preserve, to protect
3. to warn

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: varna

Slovene

Adjective

várna

1. inflection of vár?n:
   1. masculine nominative/accusative dual
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish varna, from Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warn?n?.

Pronunciation

Verb

varna (present varnar, preterite varnade, supine varnat, imperative varna)

1. to warn; to issue a warning

Conjugation

Related terms

• varning

Anagrams

• varan