ਭਰਾ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- ਭਾ (bhā) (familiar)
- ਭਾਊ (bhāū) (Majhi)
- ਭਾਈ (bhāī) (as an elevated, non-familial title referring to functionaries, volunteers, etc.)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਭਰਾਉ (bharāu), from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare 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
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: prā̀ IPA(key): [pɾäː˩], [pə̆.ɾäː˩]
- Rhymes: -äː˩
Noun
ਭਰਾ • (bhrā) m (Shahmukhi spelling بھرا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਭਰਾ (bharā) | ਭਰਾ (bharā) |
| oblique | ਭਰਾ (bharā) | ਭਰਾਵਾਂ (bharāvā̃) |
| vocative | ਭਰਾਵਾ (bharāvā) | ਭਰਾਵੋ (bharāvo) |
| ablative | ਭਰਾਵੋਂ (bharāvõ) | — |
| locative | [Term?] | ਭਰਾਵੇ (bharāve) |
| instrumental | ਭਰਾਵੀਂ (bharāvī̃) | ਭਰਾਵੇ (bharāve) |
References
- “ਭਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਭਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhrā́tr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 552