𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”).

Noun

𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (b-r-a-t-a /brātā/) m

1. brother

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅 (brʾd /⁠brād⁠/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡 (brʾdr /⁠brādar⁠/)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (AH), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾt' /⁠brād⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾtl' /⁠brādar⁠/)

  • Classical Persian: برادر (barādar)
    • Dari: برادر (birādar, barādar), بیادر (biyādar)
    • Hazaragi: برار (birṓr)
    • Iranian Persian: برادر (berâdar, barâdar)
    • Tajik: бародар (barodar)
    • → 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