برا

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See also: بڑا

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Adverbial accusative of بَرّ (barr, land).

Adverb[edit]

بَرًّا (barran)

  1. not in a seacraft or aircraft; by land, on land, overland
    Coordinate terms: بَحْرًا (baḥran, navally; overseas), جَوًّا (jawwan, aerially)
  2. outside, without

Descendants[edit]

  • Egyptian Arabic: برا (barra)
  • Maltese: barra
  • Moroccan Arabic: برا (barra)
  • South Levantine Arabic: برا (barra)
  • Azerbaijani: bərrən
  • Ottoman Turkish: براً (berren)

References[edit]

  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “برا”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Central Kurdish[edit]

Noun[edit]

برا (bra)

  1. brother

Related terms[edit]

Gulf Arabic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈbərːə/

Adverb[edit]

بَرّا (barra)

  1. outside, outdoors
    Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)
    خنتغدى برا.
    ḵan-nitġadda barra.
    Let's have launch outdoors.

Preposition[edit]

بَرّا (barra)

  1. outside of, out of
    Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)
    لحد يطلع برا البيت وكت الغبار
    laḥḥad yiṭlaʕ barra l-bēt wakt il-ġbār
    Nobody goes outside the house at the time of sandstorms (or at the time of the sandstorm)

Khalaj[edit]

Postposition[edit]

بَرا (bara)

  1. Arabic spelling of bara (because of, in respect of)

Laki[edit]

Noun[edit]

بِرا (bira)

  1. brother

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

برا (barra)

  1. outside, outdoors
    Antonym: الداخل (el-dāḵil)
    جبرته برا.
    jbartu barra.
    I found him outside.

Preposition[edit]

برا (barra)

  1. outside
    Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)
    إدا سافرت برا البلاد غتتعرف بشلة تقافات وناس مختلفين عليك وتقدر تتعلم منهم كدا حاجة.
    ʔida sāfarti barra le-blād ḡatitʕarraf b-šalla taqāfāt w-nās miḵtalfīn ʕlīk w-taqdar titʕallam minnhum kada ḥāja.
    If you travel outside the country, you'll encounter many cultures and different people from you and you could learn many things from them.

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic بَرًّا (barran), adverbial accusative of بَرّ (barr).

Adverb[edit]

براً (berren)

  1. by land

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Preposition[edit]

برا (barâ)

  1. (informal) Colloquial form of برای (barâye).

Descendants[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ب ر ر
3 terms

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bar.ra/, [ˈbɑrˤ.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

برّا (barra)

  1. outside, outdoors
    Antonym: جوا (juwwa)

Derived terms[edit]

  • بريت (barrīt, outside, preposition)

Urdu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

بُرا (burā) (Hindi spelling बुरा)

  1. bad (inc. all the broader meanings associated, ie. sinner, oppressor, dirty, disgraced etc.)
    Antonym: اَچھا (achā)
    1. disliked, ugly
    2. dirty
    3. oppressor
    4. wicked, evil
    5. injurious

Declension[edit]

Declension of برا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct بُرا (burā) بُرے (bure) بُری (burī) بُری (burī)
indirect بُرے (bure) بُرے (bure) بُری (burī) بُری (burī)
vocative بُرے (bure) بُرے (bure) بُری (burī) بُری (burī)

Further reading[edit]

  • برا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • برا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “برا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “برا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879), “برا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “برا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC