برادر
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Alternative forms
- براذر (bürazer, birazer)
Etymology
Noun
برادر • (birader) (plural برادرلر)
Descendants
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “برادر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 744
Alternative forms
- براذر (barâzar) (obsolete)
- برار (birār) (colloquial, Hazaragi)
- بیادر (biyādar) (colloquial, Dari)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (brād, brâdar), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā), from Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bi.ɾɑː.ˈðaɾ], [ba.ɾɑː.ˈðaɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæ.ɹɒː.d̪ǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ɾɔ.d̪ǽɾ]
Noun
برادر • (barādar／barâdar or birādar／berâdar) (plural برادران or برادرها)
- brother
- Synonyms: داداش (dādāš／dâdâš), اخوی (axawī／axavi), کاکا (kākā／kâkâ) (dialectal)
- برادرم می‌خواد با زنی ازدواج کنه.
- barâdaram mi-xâd bâ zan-i ezdevâj kone.
- My brother wants to get married to some woman. (Implied is that the brother has chosen a specific woman, but the speaker is not acquainted with her.)
- (Iran, military) comrade
- (Iran, colloquial) dude (term of address for man)
- Synonyms: داداش (dādāš／dâdâš), اخوی (axawī／axavi)
Inflection
| Possessive forms of برادر (barâdar) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
برادرم (barâdaram) |
برادرانم (barâdarấnam) برادرام △ (barâdarấm) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
برادرت (barâdarat) [Term?] △ (barâdaret) |
برادرانت (barâdarấnat) برادرات △ (barâdarất) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
برادرش (barâdaraš) [Term?] △ (barâdareš) |
برادرانش (barâdarấnaš) برادراش △ (barâdarấš) |
| 1st plural (“our”) |
برادرمان (barâdaremân) برادرمون △ (barâdaremun) |
برادرانمان (barâdarấnemân) برادرامون △ (barâdarấmun) |
| 2nd plural (“your”) |
برادرتان (barâdaretân) برادرتون △ (barâdaretun) |
برادرانتان (barâdarấnetân) برادراتون △ (barâdarấtun) |
| 3rd plural (“their”) |
برادرشان (barâdarešân) برادرشون △ (barâdarešun) |
برادرانشان (barâdarấnešân) برادراشون △ (barâdarấšun) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
| Possessive forms of برادر (barâdar) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
برادرم (barâdaram) |
برادرهایم (barâdar-hấyam) برادرهام، برادرام △ (barâdarấm) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
برادرت (barâdarat) [Term?] △ (barâdaret) |
برادرهایت (barâdar-hấyat) برادرهات، برادرات △ (barâdarất) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
برادرش (barâdaraš) [Term?] △ (barâdareš) |
برادرهایش (barâdar-hấyaš) برادرهاش، برادراش △ (barâdarấš) |
| 1st plural (“our”) |
برادرمان (barâdaremân) برادرمون △ (barâdaremun) |
برادرهایمان (barâdar-hấyemân) برادرهامون، برادرامون △ (barâdarấmun) |
| 2nd plural (“your”) |
برادرتان (barâdaretân) برادرتون △ (barâdaretun) |
برادرهایتان (barâdar-hấyetân) برادرهاتون، برادراتون △ (barâdarấtun) |
| 3rd plural (“their”) |
برادرشان (barâdarešân) برادرشون △ (barâdarešun) |
برادرهایشان (barâdar-hấyešân) برادرهاشون، برادراشون △ (barâdarấšun) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
Derived terms
- برادر ناتنی (barādar-nātanī／barâdar-nâtani)
- برادرانه (barādarāna／barâdarâne)
- برادرخوانده (barādar-xwānda／barâdar-xânde)
- برادرزاده (barādar-zāda／barâdar-zâde)
- برادرزن (barādar-zan／barâdar-zan)
- برادرشوهر (barādar-šōhar／barâdar-šuhar)
- برادروار (barādarwār／barâdarvâr)
- برادرکشی (barādar-kušī／barâdar-koši)
- برادری (barādarī／barâdari)
- دختربرادر (duxtar-barādar／doxtar-barâdar)
- زن‌برادر (zan-barādar／zan-barâdar)
- پسربرادر (pisar-barādar／pesar-barâdar)
Descendants
Descendants of برادر
- → Bashkir: борадәр (boradər)
- → Bengali: বেরাদর (berador)
- → Gujarati: બિરાદર (birādar)
- → Hindustani: birādar
- → Ottoman Turkish: برادر (birader), براذر (bürazer, birazer)
- → Punjabi: barādar
- Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਦਰ
- Shahmukhi script: بَرادَر
- → Uzbek: birodar
(via Classical plural form بِرَادَرَان (birādarān)):
References
- Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պիրազ̇էր”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 448a
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