Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bráHtā

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā.

Noun

*bráHtā m

1. brother

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (brātar)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Scythian: *brā́tā
    • Ossetian:
      • Digor Ossetian: ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ)
      • Iron Ossetian: ӕрвад (ærvad)
    • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *brātāh
  • Sogdo-Bactrian: *βrā́t
    • Bactrian:

      Greek script: ϐραδο (/⁠βrād⁠/), ϐαραδο (/⁠βᵊrād⁠/)

    • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βrʾd /⁠βrād⁠/)
    • Proto-Sogdic: *βrā́t
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: ورور (wror), رور (“ror”)
  • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *vᵊrǣ́d (see there for further descendants)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: برات (barát), برادر (barādar)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: bira, bra

    Central Kurdish: برا (b(i)ra)

    Southern Kurdish: برا (b(i)ra)

    Laki: برا (b(i)ra)

  • Mazanderani: برار (birâr)
  • Parthian:

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

  • Zazaki: brâ
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā)
    • 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: برادر (barādar)
        • Dari: برادر (birādar, barādar), بیادر (biyādar)
        • Hazaragi: برار (birṓr)
        • Iranian Persian: برادر (berâdar, barâdar)
        • Tajik: бародар (barodar)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: برادر (birader), براذر (bürazer, birazer)
          • Turkish: birader
          • → Albanian: birazer, byrazer
          • → Serbo-Croatian: бура́зер／burázer