بھرا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (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
- IPA(key): /pɾä˨ː/
- Phonetic: prā̀
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
بْھرا • (bhrā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਾ)
- brother
- Synonym: بھائی (bhāī)
References
- “بھرا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بھرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz