برادر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• براذر (bürazer, birazer)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برادر (barâdar, berâdar).

Noun

برادر • (birader) (plural برادرلر)

1. brother

   Synonym: قارداش (kardaş)

Descendants

• Turkish: birader, biladar, bilader, bilâzer, bilezer (dialectal)
• → Albanian: birazer, byrazer, bilazer, birazel, burazer
• →⇒ Armenian: Պիլեզերյան (Pilezeryan), Պիլզերյան (Pilzeryan)
• →⇒ Bulgarian: Билезер (Bilezer), Билезеров (Bilezerov), Билядеров (Biljaderov)
• → Serbo-Croatian: бура́зер／burázer

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^[1], Vienna, column 744

Persian

Alternative forms

• براذر (barâzar) (obsolete)
• وردار (vardâr) (dialectal, Kashan)
• برار (birār) (dialectal, Hazaragi)
• بیادر (biyādar) (dialectal, Dari)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (brād, brādar), 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]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.ɾɑː.d̪ǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.ɾɑː.d̪ǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bi.jɑː.d̪ǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.ɾɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɹɒː.d̪ǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɔ.d̪ǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	birāḏar, barāḏar
Dari reading?	birādar
Iranian reading?	barâdar
Tajik reading?	barodar

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari	برادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бародар

برادر • (barādar／barâdar or birādar／berâdar) (plural برادران or برادرها)

1. 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.)

2. (Iran, military) comrade
3. (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

• → Bashkir: борадәр (boradər)
• → Bengali: বেরাদর (berador)
• → Gujarati: બિરાદર (birādar)
• → Hindustani: birādar

  Hindi: बिरादर

  Urdu: بِرادَر

• → Ottoman Turkish: برادر (birader), براذر (bürazer, birazer)
  • Turkish: birader, biladar, bilader, bilâzer, bilezer (dialectal)
  • → Albanian: birazer, byrazer, bilazer, birazel, burazer
  • →⇒ Armenian: Պիլեզերյան (Pilezeryan), Պիլզերյան (Pilzeryan)
  • →⇒ Bulgarian: Билезер (Bilezer), Билезеров (Bilezerov), Билядеров (Biljaderov)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: бура́зер／burázer
• → Punjabi: barādar

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਦਰ

  Shahmukhi script: بَرادَر

• → Uzbek: birodar

(via Classical plural form بِرَادَرَان (birādarān)):

• → Hindustani: birādarān

  Hindi: बिरादरान

  Urdu: بِرادَران

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