بره

Khalaj

Postposition

بَره (bərə) (+ ablative)

1. Arabic spelling of bərə (“since”)

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram”), whence also Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish بەرخ (berx), Northern Kurdish berx, Zazaki verek, Baluchi گْوّرگ(Gwarag) Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn) and Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).

Noun

Dari	بره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	барра

بره • (barre)

1. a lamb
2. the sign Aries
3. a fawn
4. a pruning-hook (for vines)
5. the exterior surface of a garment

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بره+barra”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بره (bara)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lamb