بره

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram”), whence also Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish بەرخ (berx), Northern Kurdish бәрх (berx), Dimilki-Zazaki verek, 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

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Southwestern Fars

Noun

بره (bara)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lamb