Brahmin vs Brahman

[Sridhar]

>
> Also I would like to point out that Brahman (the supreme spirit), Brahman
> (the priestly caste), Brahman (the knower of the supreme spirit), and
> Brahman (the explanatory sections of the Vedas)  are phonetically exactly
> the same.

I agree with the comment on the silly anglicisation. However, I am not sure
about the phonetic similarity. What do the two pronounciations -

braahmaNa

and

bram-han

represent?


Sridhar