برادر

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برادر (barâdar, berâdar).

Noun

برادر (birader) (plural برادرلر)

  1. brother
    Synonym: قارداش (kardaş)

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “برادر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 744

Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (brād, brādar), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā), from Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? birāḏar, barāḏar
Dari reading? birādar
Iranian reading? barâdar
Tajik reading? barodar
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari برادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik бародар

برادر (barādarbarâdar or birādarberâdar) (plural برادران or برادرها)

  1. brother
    Synonyms: داداش (dādāšdâdâš), اخوی (axawīaxavi), کاکا (kākākâkâ) (dialectal)
    برادرم می‌خواد با زنی ازدواج کنه.
    barâdaram mi-xâd bâ zan-i ezdevâj kone.
    My brother wants to get married to some woman. (Implied is that the brother has chosen a specific woman, but the speaker is not acquainted with her.)
  2. (Iran, military) comrade
  3. (Iran, colloquial) dude (term of address for man)
    Synonyms: داداش (dādāšdâdâš), اخوی (axawīaxavi)

Inflection

    Possessive forms of برادر (barâdar)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
برادرم
(barâdaram)
برادرانم
(barâdarấnam)
برادرام
(barâdarấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
برادرت
(barâdarat)

(barâdaret)
برادرانت
(barâdarấnat)
برادرات
(barâdarất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
برادرش
(barâdaraš)

(barâdareš)
برادرانش
(barâdarấnaš)
برادراش
(barâdarấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
برادرمان
(barâdaremân)
برادرمون
(barâdaremun)
برادرانمان
(barâdarấnemân)
برادرامون
(barâdarấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
برادرتان
(barâdaretân)
برادرتون
(barâdaretun)
برادرانتان
(barâdarấnetân)
برادراتون
(barâdarấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
برادرشان
(barâdarešân)
برادرشون
(barâdarešun)
برادرانشان
(barâdarấnešân)
برادراشون
(barâdarấšun)
Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of برادر (barâdar)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
برادرم
(barâdaram)
برادرهایم
(barâdar-hấyam)
برادرهام، برادرام
(barâdarấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
برادرت
(barâdarat)

(barâdaret)
برادرهایت
(barâdar-hấyat)
برادرهات، برادرات
(barâdarất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
برادرش
(barâdaraš)

(barâdareš)
برادرهایش
(barâdar-hấyaš)
برادرهاش، برادراش
(barâdarấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
برادرمان
(barâdaremân)
برادرمون
(barâdaremun)
برادرهایمان
(barâdar-hấyemân)
برادرهامون، برادرامون
(barâdarấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
برادرتان
(barâdaretân)
برادرتون
(barâdaretun)
برادرهایتان
(barâdar-hấyetân)
برادرهاتون، برادراتون
(barâdarấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
برادرشان
(barâdarešân)
برادرشون
(barâdarešun)
برادرهایشان
(barâdar-hấyešân)
برادرهاشون، برادراشون
(barâdarấšun)
Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պիրազ̇էր”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 448a