بھائی
Appearance
Kohistani Shina
[edit]Noun
[edit]بھائیْ (bhāy)
Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]بھائی • (bhā'ī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਈ)
References
[edit]- “بھائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
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بھائی
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), 𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu), 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: بھا‧ءِی
Noun
[edit]بھائی • (bhāī) m
- brother (a male sibling of any age)
- Coordinate term: بَہَن (bahan)
- (by extension) a male cousin
- (polite, chiefly women's speech, vocative) any male person
- (impolite, vocative) dude, bro
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بھائی (bhāī) | بھائی (bhāī) |
| oblique | بھائی (bhāī) | بھائِیوں (bhāiyõ) |
| vocative | بھائی (bhāī) | بھائِیو (bhāiyo) |
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- Kohistani Shina lemmas
- Kohistani Shina nouns
- Punjabi terms inherited from Paisaci Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Paisaci Prakrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi informal terms
- pa:Family
- Visual dictionary
- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/iː
- Rhymes:Urdu/iː/3 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu masculine nouns
- Urdu polite terms
- Urdu women's speech terms
- Urdu nouns with declension
- Urdu masculine ī-stem nouns
- ur:Male family members
