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Urdu
Etymology
Diminutive of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
بَھیَّا • (bhayyā) m (Hindi spelling भैया)
- (endearing) Alternative form of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”)
- elder brother
- term of address for any male older than oneself
- friend; comrade
Declension
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plural
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بھیا (bhayyā)
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بھیا (bhayyā)
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| oblique
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بھیا (bhayyā)
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بھیاؤں (bhayyāõ)
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بھیا (bhayyā)
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بھیاؤ (bhayyāo)
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References
- ^ John Shakespear (1834) “بھیا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
Further reading
More information
- “بھیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بھیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 132
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بهيا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 198
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بهيّا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 308
