बभ्रु

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐbʱ.ɾú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐbʱ.ɾu/

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰebʰrús (“brown”). See Etymology 2 for more.

बभ्रु • (babhrú) stem

1. deep brown, reddish brown, tawny
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.63.4:

     ए॒ते अ॑सृग्रमा॒शवोऽति॒ ह्वरां॑सि ब॒भ्रव॑:।
     सोमा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या॥

     eté asṛgramāśávóʼti hvárāṃsi babhráva:.
     sómā ṛtásya dhā́rayā.

     These swift-flowing tawny-coloured Soma juices, with a stream of water are let loose upon the rākṣasas.

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰábʰruš (“beaver, mongoose”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”), a nominal derivative of the adjective *bʰebʰrús (“brown”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (baβra), Latin fiber, Old English befer (whence English beaver).

बभ्रु • (babhru) stem, m

1. a ichneumon, mongoose
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

• Pali: babbu (“cat”)
• → Telugu: బభ్రువు (babhruvu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “बभ्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 721/3.