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Brahmaputra

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Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र

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Sanskrit · borrowed fromब्रह्मपुत्र“son of Brahma”
English todayBrahmaputra

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.