The corpus record — Sanskrit

bhrātṛvyān

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Where it lives

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. bhrätrvya-

bhrätrvya- m. Brudersohn, Neffe; Nebenbuhler, Rivale, Feind (AV +; Wack, Fs Andreas 1ff. = KS 459ff.), a-bhrätrvya- ohne Nebenbuhler (RV [8,21,13] +). - Nu., dard. (s. Tu 9668, mit Lit.). - Iir., vgl. jav. bratruiia- m. Neffe, ’üg- f. Nichte (Hs.- Variante °1dir’, s. Hoffm-Narten 73 Anm. 126), pa3to wrärs Neffe, wrera Nichte (Morg, Voc 89f., R. Normier, IF 85 [1980 (81)] 46 Anm. 17, Skj, CompLI 399, 408). - … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. bhrätrvya-, p. 311]

2. bhrātṛvya

bhrātṛvya m. a father's brother's son, cousin, AV. ; Rājat.

3. bhrātṛvya

(mostly with apriya, dviṣat &c.) a hostile cousin, rival, adversary, enemy, AV. ; VS. ; Br. ; R. ; BhP.

In the wild

bhrātṛvyān Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_2,2.1
bhrātṛvyān Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_2,2.2

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. bhrätrvya (vol. 2, scan p. 311; entry #2626).

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