ابرو

See also: آبرو, آثرو, أتزو, and أثرو

Persian

Alternative forms

  • برو (baru) (archaic, poetic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /⁠brūg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruH-.

Cognates include Northern Kurdish birû, Ossetian ӕрфыг (ærfyg), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), Old English brū (English brow), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Old East Slavic бръвь (brŭvĭ), Proto-Slavic *bry.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäb.ɾúː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäb.ɾúː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäb.ɾú]

Readings
Classical reading? aḇrū
Dari reading? abrū
Iranian reading? abru
Tajik reading? abrü

Noun

Dari ابرو
Iranian Persian
Tajik абрӯ

ابرو • (abru) (plural ابروها (abru-hâ))

  1. eyebrow

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “brūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 76

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابرو (abrū)

Noun

ابرو • (abrū) f (Hindi spelling अब्रू)

  1. eyebrow
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