𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”).

Noun

𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (b-r-a-t-a /brātā/) m

brother

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅 (brʾd /⁠brād⁠/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡 (brʾdr /⁠brādar⁠/)

Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (AH), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾt' /⁠brād⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾtl' /⁠brādar⁠/)
- Classical Persian: برادر (barādar)
  - Dari: برادر (birādar, barādar), بیادر (biyādar)
  - Hazaragi: برار (birṓr)
  - Iranian Persian: برادر (berâdar, barâdar)
  - Tajik: бародар (barodar)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: برادر (birader)
    - Turkish: birader
    - → Serbo-Croatian: бура́зер, burázer

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