▪ I. Brahminee, n.
(brɑːmɪˈniː)
Also Brahmini.
[a. Skr. brāhmaṇī, fem. of brāhmana Brahmin.]
A female Brahmin.
| 1794 Sir W. Jones Inst. of Menu x. 66 Begotten by a S{p}{uacu}dra on a Bráhmen{iacu}. 1858 Beveridge Hist. India II. iv. i. 13 A Brahmini or female Brahmin. 18.. Sir A. C. Lyall Song, in N. & Q. 26 Feb. (1887) 87 My mother was a Brahmanee. |
▪ II. Brahminee, a.
(ˈbrɑːmɪniː)
Also Brachmany, Brahmany, Brahminy, Braminy.
[f. Brahmin, prob. after anal. of native Indian derivatives like Bengalee (Bengālī), etc.]
Pertaining to the Brahmin caste; appropriated to the Brahmins. Brahminee bull = Brahmin ox; Brahminee duck, the Casarca rutila; Brahminee fig-tree, the ‘Banyan’ (Ficus Indica); Brahminee kite, the Haliastur Indicus (Balfour Cycl. India I. 437, where the spelling is Brahmany).
| 1811 Mrs. Sherwood Henry & Bearer 30 Under the shade of a Braminee fig-tree. c 1813 ― Stories Ch. Catech. x. 73 No answer..was made..excepting by the pigeons and brahminee kites. 1830 Marryat King's Own xlii, He..took away a Brachmany..girl. 1884 Macm. Mag. No. 292. 303 Everywhere we see the inevitable Brahminy kite. 1885 A. Brassey The Trades 99 The cattle..feeding peacefully beside Brahminee bulls. |