بھرا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), 𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu), 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā)), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: prā̀ IPA^(key): /pɾä˨ː/
Rhymes: -ä˨ː

Noun

بْھرا • (bhrā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਾ)

brother
Synonym: بھائی (bhāī)

References

“ਭਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

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