بھائی
Kohistani Shina
editNoun
editبھائیْ (bhāy)
Punjabi
editEtymology
editInherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editبھائی • (bhā'ī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਈ)
References
edit- “بھائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Urdu
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Etymology
editInherited from 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
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: بھا‧ئی
Noun
editبھائی • (bhāī) m (Hindi spelling भाई)
- brother (a female sibling of any age)
- Coordinate term: بَہَن (bahan)
- (by extension) a male cousin
- (polite, chiefly women's speech, vocative) any male person
- (impolite, vocative) dude, bro
Declension
editDeclension of بھائی | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
direct | بھائی (bhāī) | بھائی (bhāī) | ||||||
oblique | بھائی (bhāī) | بھائِیوں (bhāiyõ) | ||||||
vocative | بھائی (bhāī) | بھائِیو (bhāiyo) |
Further reading
editCategories:
- Kohistani Shina lemmas
- Kohistani Shina nouns
- Punjabi terms inherited from Paisaci Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Paisaci Prakrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi informal terms
- pa:Family
- Visual dictionary
- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/iː
- Rhymes:Urdu/iː/3 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu masculine nouns
- Urdu polite terms
- Urdu women's speech terms
- Urdu nouns with declension
- Urdu masculine ī-stem nouns
- ur:Male family members