برابر

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *upér
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári
    Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬 (mdm)
    Classical Persian بَرَابَر (barābar)bor.
    Old Anatolian Turkish برابر

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بَرَابَر (barābar).

    Adjective

    برابر (beraber, barabar)

    1. equal
    2. on the opposite side of, opposite to
    3. together

    Adverb

    برابر (beraber, barabar)

    1. together, united

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎, Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, pages 35–36

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish برابر (beraber, barabar).

    Adjective

    برابر • (beraber, barabar)

    1. equal
    2. on the opposite side of, opposite to
    3. together

    Adverb

    برابر • (beraber, barabar)

    1. together
      Synonym: بله‌جه (bilece)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برابر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 258b
    • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “برابر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 743

    Pashto

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    برابر • (barābár) m

    1. even
    2. equal

    Persian

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *upér
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári
      Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬 (mdm)
      Persian برابر

      From بر (bar) +‎ ا (â) +‎ بر (bar).

      Pronunciation

      Dari برابر
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik баробар
       

      Readings
      Classical reading? barāḇar
      Dari reading? barābar
      Iranian reading? barâbar
      Tajik reading? barobar

      Adjective

      بَرابَر • (barâbar)

      1. equal
        Synonyms: مساوی (mosâvi), همچند (hamčand)
        Antonym: نابرابر (nâbarâbar)
        در مقابل قانون همه برابرند.
        dar moqâbel-e qânun hame barâbar-and.
        All are equal before the law.
        • c. 1260, Rumi, “5:1619”, in The Masnavi:
          که برابر می‌نهد شاه مجید، اشک را در فضل با خون شهید.
          ke barâbar mi-nehad šâh-e majid, ašk-râ dar fazl bâ xun-e šahid.
          for the glorious King is ranking tears as equal in merit to the blood of the martyr.
          (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)
      2. on the opposite side of, opposite to

      Adverb

      بَرابَر • (barâbar)

      1. equally

      Noun

      بَرابَر • (barâbar)

      1. time (used to express multiples)
        یکصد برابر ― yek-sad barâbar ― one hundred times
        در سوریه قیمت نان دو برابر قیمت پارسال است.
        dar suriye qimat-e nân do barâbar-e qimat-e pârsâl ast.
        In Syria, the price of bread is double that of last year.
      2. opposite side

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Punjabi

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

      Adjective

      برابر • (barābar) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਬਰ)

      1. equal

      Sindhi

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      بَرابَر • (barābar) (Devanagari बराबर)

      1. smooth
      2. straight
      3. same
      4. equal

      References

      • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “بَرابَر”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

      Urdu

      Etymology

      From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

      Adjective

      برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

      1. abreast
      2. level
      3. equal
      4. adjacent
      5. comparable
      6. similar

      Adverb

      برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

      1. continuously, without interruption
      2. without delay

      Ushojo

      Etymology

      From Urdu برابر (barābar).

      Adjective

      برابر (barābar)

      1. level, equal, adjacent, comparable, similar, same
      2. healthy, right
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