برابر

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (barâbar).

Adjective

برابر (beraber, barabar)

equal
on the opposite side of, opposite to
together

Adverb

برابر (beraber, barabar)

together, united

Derived terms

برابرلق‎ (barabarlık)

Descendants

Azerbaijani: bərabər
Ottoman Turkish: برابر‎ (beraber, barabar)
- Turkish: beraber
- → Aromanian: bara-bara
- → Bulgarian: бараба́р (barabár)
- → Ladino: baraber, barabar
- → Macedonian: барабар (barabar)
- → Romanian: bărăbar
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бара̀бар
  Latin: baràbar

References

Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13^th to the 16^th 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)

equal
on the opposite side of, opposite to
together

Adverb

برابر • (beraber, barabar)

together

Derived terms

برابرلك‎ (beraberlik)
برابرله‌مك‎ (beraberlemek)
برابرلجه‎ (beraberce)

Descendants

Turkish: beraber
→ Aromanian: bara-bara
→ Bulgarian: бараба́р (barabár)
→ Ladino: baraber, barabar
→ Macedonian: барабар (barabar)
→ Romanian: bărăbar
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бара̀бар
Latin: baràbar

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

IPA^(key): /barɑˈbar/

Noun

برابر • (barâbar) m

even
equal

Persian

Etymology

‎ (bar) +‎ ‎ (â) +‎ ‎ (bar).

Pronunciation

Iranian Persian	برابر
Dari	برابر
Tajik	баробар (barobar)

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /baɾɑːbaɾ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /baɾɒːbaɾ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /bæɾɒːbæɾ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /baɾɔːbaɾ/

Adjective

بَرابَر‎ • (barâbar)

equal
‏‎‎
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)
Synonyms: مساوی‎ (mosâvi), همچند‎ (hamčand)
Antonym: نابرابر‎ (nâbarâbar)
on the opposite side of, opposite to

Adverb

بَرابَر‎ • (barâbar)

equally

Noun

بَرابَر‎ • (barâbar)

time (used to express multiples)
‏‎ ― yek-sad barâbar ― one hundred times
‏‎‎
dar suriye qimat-e nân do barâbar-e qimat-e pârsâl ast.
In Syria, the price of bread is double that of last year.
opposite side

Derived terms

برابر شدن‎ (barâbar šodan, “to become equal”)
برابر کردن‎ (barâbar kardan, “to compare; to make equal”)
برابری‎ (barâbari, “equality”)
در برابر‎ (dar barâbar-e, “against”)

Descendants

→ Armenian: բարեբար (barebar), բարաբար (barabar), բարեմբար (barembar), բարամբար (barambar)
→ Bengali: বরাবর (bôrabôrô)
→ Gujarati: બરાબર (barābar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बराबर (barābar)
Urdu: بَرابَر‎‎ (barābar)
- → Phalura: baraabár
- → Ushojo: برابر (barābar)
→ Kazakh: барабар (barabar)
→ Marathi: बरोबर (barobar)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: برابر‎ (beraber, barabar)
- Azerbaijani: bərabər
- Ottoman Turkish: برابر‎ (beraber, barabar)
  - Turkish: beraber
  - → Aromanian: bara-bara
  - → Bulgarian: бараба́р (barabár)
  - → Ladino: baraber, barabar
  - → Macedonian: барабар (barabar)
  - → Romanian: bărăbar
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: бара̀бар
    Latin: baràbar
→ Pashto: برابر‎ (barâbar)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਬਰਾਬਰ (barābar)
Shahmukhi: بَرابَر‎ (barābar)
→ Swahili: barabara
→ Uyghur: باراۋەر‎ (barawer)

Punjabi

Alternative forms

بروبر‎ (barobar)

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (barâbar).

Adjective

برابر • (barābar) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਬਰ)

equal

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (barâbar).

Adjective

برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

abreast
level
equal
adjacent
comparable
similar

Adverb

برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

continuously, without interruption
without delay

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu برابر‎ (barābar).

Adjective

برابر (barābar)

level, equal, adjacent, comparable, similar, same
healthy, right