ابرو

See also: آبرو, آثرو, أتزو, and أثرو

Persian

Alternative forms

• برو (baru) (archaic, poetic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /⁠brūg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruH-.

Cognates include Northern Kurdish birû, Ossetian ӕрфыг (ærfyg), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), Old English brū (English brow), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Old East Slavic бръвь (brŭvĭ), Proto-Slavic *bry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaβ.ˈɾuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾúː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾúː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾúː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæb.ɹúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾɵ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḇrū
Dari reading?	abrū
Iranian reading?	abru
Tajik reading?	abrü

Noun

Dari	ابرو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	абрӯ

ابرو • (abru) (plural ابروها (abru-hâ))

1. eyebrow

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “brūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 76

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابرو (abrū)

Noun

ابرو • (abrū) f (Hindi spelling अब्रू)

1. eyebrow