The following site presents an interesting viewpoint from a New Englander.

http://www.brahmin.com/info/Our_Story

I am sure it has interesting resonances for Indologists :-)

Regards,
Palaniappan


-----Original Message-----
From: Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com>
To: Allen Thrasher <alanus1216@yahoo.com>
Cc: Jarrod Whitaker <whitakjl@wfu.edu>; indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Sent: Sun, Feb 23, 2014 5:55 am
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Brahmin?

The OED:

Forms:
  ME–16 bragman, 15 bramane, 16–18 brachman(e, brachmin, 16 brackman, braman, bramen,
bramine, braminy, 17–18 bramin, 17– brahmin, 18 brahman.

Etymology:  < Sanskrit brāhmana, < brahman praise, worship; some of the older English forms were derived from or influenced by the Greek spelling βραχμᾶνες (plural), Latin brachmāni, brachmānes, and medieval Latin corruptions; the form Brahmin, a corruption of the Indian vernacular pronunciation, is still all but universal in popular use; during the 19th cent. Orientalists adopted the more correct Brahman, which (often written Brâhman or Bráhman) is employed by most writers on India.



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Dr Dominik Wujastyk


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