ڀاءُ

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ). Cognate to Kachchi ભા (bhā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʱɑʊ/, [bʱɑʊ]

Noun

ڀاءُ • (bhāum (Devanagari भाउ)

  1. brother

Further reading

  • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “ڀاءُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “ڀاءُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Shirt, George; Thavurdas, Udharam; Mirza, S.F. (1879), “ڀاءُ”, in A Sindhi-English Dictionary, Karachi: Commissioner's Printing Press, page 144, column 2
  • Ghulam Ali Allana, Dr Fahmida Hussain (2015), “ڀاءُ”, in Encyclopedia Sindhiana, Sindhi Language Authority
  • Stack, George (1849), “भाउ”, in A dictionary, English and Sindhi, American Mission Press, page 16
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press