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برادر

برادر

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

برادر (birâder)

  1. brother

Synonyms


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭥 (brād, brâdar), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā), from Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish bira, birader, bra, Balochi برات (barát), Ossetian ӕрвад (ærvad), Avestan 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (brātar-)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰrā́tar- (compare Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), Hindi भ्राता (bhrātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (compare Russian брат (brat), Latin frāter, Irish bráthair, English brother).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari برادر
Iranian Persian برادر
Tajik бародар (barodar)

برادر (barâdar, berâdar) (plural برادران (barâdarân, berâdarân) or برادرها (barâdar-hâ, berâdar-hâ))

  1. brother
    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.)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • برادرانه (barâdarâne)
  • برادری (barâdari)
  • برادروار (barâdarvâr)
  • برادرزاده (barâdarzâde)
  • برادرخوانده (barâdarxânde)

Descendants