𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”)

Noun

𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (b-r-a-t-a /brātā/) m

1. brother

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅 (brʾd /⁠brād⁠/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡 (brʾdr /⁠brādar⁠/)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (AH), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾt' /⁠brād⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾtl' /⁠brādar⁠/)

  • Classical Persian:
    • Hazaragi: [script needed] (birṓr)
    • Iranian Persian: برادر (birādar, barādar)
    • Tajik: бародар (barodar)