برار

See also: بزار, تزار, and براز

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.raː.rin/

Noun

بَرَارٍ • (barārin)

1. plural of بَرِّيَّة (barriyya)

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (brād, brâdar), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā), from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Northern Kurdish bira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bærɒr/

Noun

برار (transliteration needed)

1. brother

Synonyms

• (brother): ککا (kakâ)
• (brother): گو (gau)

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Compare Hindi भाई (bhāī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾɑɾ/

Noun

برار (braár)

1. brother

Mazanderani

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bərɒːr/

Noun

برار (brâr)

1. brother

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): /bɪɾɑːɾ/
• (Herati) IPA^(key): /bʊɾɑːɾ/
• (dialectal, Iran) IPA^(key): /beɾɒːɾ/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

برار • (birār / berâr) (Tajik spelling бирор)

1. (dialectal) Hazaragi and Herati form of برادر (birādar / berâdar, “brother, bro”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi बिराड़ (birāṛ).

Noun

برار • (barār)

1. Vidarbha, historically known as Berar

Further reading

• “برار”, in Abadis‎^[1] (in Persian): “برار - (گویش) برادر”
• Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation (20 March 2012), “Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica”, in iranicaonline.org‎^[2], retrieved 7 January 2023