ਭਰਾ

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

ਭਰਾ • (bhrā) m (Shahmukhi spelling بھرا‎)

brother
Synonyms: ਭਾਈ (bhāī), (dialectal) ਭਾਊ (bhāū)

Declension

Declension of ਭਰਾ
dir. sg.	ਭਰਾ (bharā)
dir. pl.	ਭਰਾਵਾਂ (bharāvā̃)
	singular	plural
direct	ਭਰਾ (bharā)	ਭਰਾਵਾਂ (bharāvā̃)
oblique	ਭਰਾ (bharā)	ਭਰਾਵਾਂ (bharāvā̃)
vocative	ਭਰਾਵਾ (bharāvā)	ਭਰਾਵੋ (bharāvo)
ablative	[[{{{7}}}#Punjabi\|{{{7}}}]]	—
locative	[[{{{9}}}#Punjabi\|{{{9}}}]]	[[{{{10}}}#Punjabi\|{{{10}}}]]
instrumental	[[{{{11}}}#Punjabi\|{{{11}}}]]	[[{{{12}}}#Punjabi\|{{{12}}}]]

References

“ਭਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਭਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.