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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
بْھرا • (bhrā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਾ)
- brother
- Synonyms: بھائی (bhāī), بھاؤ (bhāū), ویر (vīr)
References
- “ਭਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz