ভাই

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Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese ভাই (bhai), from Sanskrit ভ্ৰাতৃ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠜꠣꠁ (bái, “brother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ভাই • (bhai)

  1. younger brother

Kinship declension

Conjugation forms of ভাই
Person Cases
nominative accusative dative terminative genitive locative
1st মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) ভাই
bhai 		ভাইক
bhaik 		ভাইলৈ
bhailoi 		ভাইলৈকে
bhailoike 		ভাইৰ
bhair 		ভাইত
bhait
2nd very familiar;
inferior 		তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) ভায়েৰ
bhaer 		ভায়েৰক
bhaerok 		ভায়েৰলৈ
bhaeroloi 		ভায়েৰলৈকে
bhaeroloike 		ভায়েৰৰ
bhaeror 		ভায়েৰত
bhaerot
familiar তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) ভায়েৰা
bhaera 		ভায়েৰাক
bhaerak 		ভায়েৰালৈ
bhaeraloi 		ভায়েৰালৈকে
bhaeraloike 		ভায়েৰাৰ
bhaerar 		ভায়েৰাত
bhaerat
formal আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) ভায়েক
bhaek 		ভায়েকক
bhaekok 		ভায়েকলৈ
bhaekoloi 		ভায়েকলৈকে
bhaekoloike 		ভায়েকৰ
bhaekor 		ভায়েকত
bhaekot
3rd তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc

Declension

Inflection of ভাই
Indefinite forms Definite forms
numeral non-numeral (plural)
singular plural informal
absolutive ভাই
bhai 		ভাইটো
bhaitü 		ভাইকেইটা
bhaikeita 		ভাইবোৰ
bhaibür 		ভাইবিলাক
bhaibilak
ergative ভায়ে
bhaye 		ভাইটোৱে
bhaitüe 		ভাইকেইটাই
bhaikeitai 		ভাইবোৰে
bhaibüre 		ভাইবিলাকে
bhaibilake
accusative ভাইক
bhaik 		ভাইটোক
bhaitük 		ভাইকেইটাক
bhaikeitak 		ভাইবোৰক
bhaibürok 		ভাইবিলাকক
bhaibilakok
genitive ভাইৰ
bhair 		ভাইটোৰ
bhaitür 		ভাইকেইটাৰ
bhaikeitar 		ভাইবোৰৰ
bhaibüror 		ভাইবিলাকৰ
bhaibilakor
dative ভাইলৈ
bhailoi 		ভাইটোলৈ
bhaitüloi 		ভাইকেইটালৈ
bhaikeitaloi 		ভাইবোৰলৈ
bhaibüroloi 		ভাইবিলাকলৈ
bhaibilakoloi
instrumental ভাইৰে
bhaire 		ভাইটোৰে
bhaitüre 		ভাইকেইটাৰে
bhaikeitare 		ভাইবোৰেৰে
bhaibürere 		ভাইবিলাকেৰে
bhaibilakere
locative ভাইত
bhait 		ভাইটোত
bhaitüt 		ভাইকেইটাত
bhaikeitat 		ভাইবোৰত
bhaibürot 		ভাইবিলাকত
bhaibilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead.
Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).
Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case.
Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

See also

Bengali

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of ভ্রাতা (bhrata) and বেরাদর (berador).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bʱai̯/, ,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bʱai̯/, ,
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Noun

ভাই • (bhai)

  1. brother
    Synonym: বেরাদর (berador)
  2. any elder or unrelated male

Declension

Inflection of ভাই
nominative ভাই
bhai
objective ভাইকে
bhaike
genitive ভাইয়ের
bhaiyer
Indefinite forms
nominative ভাই
bhai
objective ভাইকে
bhaike
genitive ভাইয়ের
bhaiyer
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ভাইটা, ভাইটি
bhaiṭa (colloquial), bhaiṭi (formal) 		ভাইয়েরা
bhaiyera
objective ভাইটাকে, ভাইটিকে
bhaiṭake (colloquial), bhaiṭike (formal) 		ভাইয়েদের(কে)
bhaiyeder(ke)
genitive ভাইটার, ভাইটির
bhaiṭar (colloquial), bhaiṭir (formal) 		ভাইয়েদের
bhaiyeder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Early Assamese

Etymology

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

Noun

ভাই (bhai)

  1. brother
    শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষসক বাট চাই ।
    উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই ॥
    śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
    ujagore roila duyö bhai .
    Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.
    (literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)

Descendants

  • Assamese: ভাই (bhai)
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