| 释义 |
Brahui, n. and a.|brəˈhuːɪ|
Also 9 Braho(o)e.
A. n. A pastoral people of Baluchistan; a member of this people; their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Brahui or their language.
1816H. Pottinger Trav. Beloochistan iv. 54 The Belooches..are divided into two great classes, severally known by the appellations of Belooche and Brahooé. Ibid., The Brahooékee is..so dissimilar [from Persian] in its sound and formation, that I never recollect to have remarked in it a single expression in any way approaching the idiom of Persian. 1826J. C. Prichard Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 2) II. v. iii. 11 These nations are the Belooches..and the Brahooés. Ibid. 12 The Brahooés are divided into a great number of petty tribes. 1844Ibid. (ed. 3) IV. x. 63 We must mention the Brahúi, who are divided into a number of different tribes. 1848,1875[see Baluch]. 1873H. W. Bellew (title) From the Indus to the Tigris... Together with a synoptical grammar and vocabulary of the Brahoe language. 1924Blackw. Mag. Jan. 113/2 Luckily we were dealing with Brahuis not Mahsuds. 1932W. L. Graff Language 414 The Brahui dialect, isolated in Baluchistan. 1943S. K. Chatterji Lang. & Linguistic Problem 8 Brahui (207,000) in Baluchistan, a remnant of the great Dravidian bloc of western India. 1953W. J. Entwistle Aspects of Lang. xi. 347 The Dravidian languages of the Deccan have left behind them a solitary outpost in the Brahui of Baluchistan. |