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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit (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
Noun
ਭਰਾ • (bhrā) m (Shahmukhi spelling بھرا)
- brother
- Synonyms: ਭਾਈ (bhāī), (dialectal) ਭਾਊ (bhāū)
Declension
| Declension of ਭਰਾ
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| dir. sg.
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ਭਰਾ (bharā)
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| dir. pl.
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ਭਰਾ (bharā)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ਭਰਾ (bharā)
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ਭਰਾ (bharā)
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| oblique
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ਭਰਾ (bharā)
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ਭਰਾਵਾਂ (bharāvā̃)
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| vocative
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ਭਰਾਵਾ (bharāvā)
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ਭਰਾਵੋ (bharāvo)
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| ablative
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ਭਰਾਵੋਂ (bharāvõ)
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| locative
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ਭਰਾਵੇ (bharāve)
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ਭਰਾਵੀਂ (bharāvī̃)
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| instrumental
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ਭਰਾਵੇ (bharāve)
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ਭਰਾਵੀਂ (bharāvī̃)
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References
- “ਭਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਭਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.