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ভাই

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Assamese ভাই (bhai), from Sanskrit ভ্ৰাতৃ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠜꠣꠁ (bái, “brother”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ভাই • (bhai)

  1. younger brother

Kinship declension

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Conjugation forms of ভাই
case
nominative accusative dative terminative genitive locative
1st মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) ভাই
bhai
ভাইক
bhaik
ভাইলৈ
bhailoi
ভাইলৈকে
bhailoike
ভাইৰ
bhair
ভাইত
bhait
2nd very familiar;
inferior
তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) ভায়েৰ
bhaer
ভায়েৰক
bhaerok
ভায়েৰলৈ
bhaeroloi
ভায়েৰলৈকে
bhaeroloike
ভায়েৰৰ
bhaeror
ভায়েৰত
bhaerot
familiar তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) ভায়েৰা
bhaera
ভায়েৰাক
bhaerak
ভায়েৰালৈ
bhaeraloi
ভায়েৰালৈকে
bhaeraloike
ভায়েৰাৰ
bhaerar
ভায়েৰাত
bhaerat
formal আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) ভায়েক
bhaek
ভায়েকক
bhaekok
ভায়েকলৈ
bhaekoloi
ভায়েকলৈকে
bhaekoloike
ভায়েকৰ
bhaekor
ভায়েকত
bhaekot
3rd তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc

Declension

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Inflection of ভাই
Indefinite forms Definite forms
numeral non-numeral (plural)
singular plural informal
absolutive ভাই (bhai) ভাইটো (bhaitü) ভাইকেইটা (bhaikeita) ভাইবোৰ (bhaibür) ভাইবিলাক (bhaibilak)
ergative ভায়ে (bhaye) ভাইটোৱে (bhaitüe) ভাইকেইটাই (bhaikeitai) ভাইবোৰে (bhaibüre) ভাইবিলাকে (bhaibilake)
accusative ভাইক (bhaik) ভাইটোক (bhaitük) ভাইকেইটাক (bhaikeitak) ভাইবোৰক (bhaibürok) ভাইবিলাকক (bhaibilakok)
genitive ভাইৰ (bhair) ভাইটোৰ (bhaitür) ভাইকেইটাৰ (bhaikeitar) ভাইবোৰৰ (bhaibüror) ভাইবিলাকৰ (bhaibilakor)
dative ভাইলৈ (bhailoi) ভাইটোলৈ (bhaitüloi) ভাইকেইটালৈ (bhaikeitaloi) ভাইবোৰলৈ (bhaibüroloi) ভাইবিলাকলৈ (bhaibilakoloi)
instrumental ভাইৰে (bhaire) ভাইটোৰে (bhaitüre) ভাইকেইটাৰে (bhaikeitare) ভাইবোৰেৰে (bhaibürere) ভাইবিলাকেৰে (bhaibilakere)
locative ভাইত (bhait) ভাইটোত (bhaitüt) ভাইকেইটাত (bhaikeitat) ভাইবোৰত (bhaibürot) ভাইবিলাকত (bhaibilakot)

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead.
Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).
Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case.
Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

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See also

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Bengali

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Bengali Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of ভ্রাতা (bhrata) and বেরাদর (berador).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bʱai̯/, [ˈbʱai̯], [ˈvai̯]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bʱai̯/, [ˈbʱai̯], [ˈvai̯]
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Noun

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ভাই • (bhai)

  1. brother
    Synonym: বেরাদর (berador)
  2. any elder or unrelated male

Declension

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indefinite forms
nominative ভাই (bhai)
objective ভাইকে (bhaike)
genitive ভাইয়ের (bhaiyer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ভাইটা, ভাইটি (bhaiṭa (colloquial), bhaiṭi (formal)) ভাইয়েরা (bhaiyera)
objective ভাইটাকে, ভাইটিকে (bhaiṭake (colloquial), bhaiṭike (formal)) ভাইয়েদের(কে) (bhaiyeder(ke))
genitive ভাইটার, ভাইটির (bhaiṭar (colloquial), bhaiṭir (formal)) ভাইয়েদের (bhaiyeder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Early Assamese

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ভাই (bhai)

  1. brother
    শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষসক বাট চাই ।
    উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই ॥
    śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
    ujagore roila duyö bhai .
    Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.
    (literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)

Descendants

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  • Assamese: ভাই (bhai)