From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā , from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr .
*bráHtā m [ 1]
brother
Central Iranian:
Northeastern Iranian:
Proto-Scythian: *brā́tā
Ossetian:
Digor Ossetian: ӕрвадӕ ( ærvadæ )
Iron Ossetian: ӕрвад ( ærvad )
Proto-Saka: *brātāh
Sogdo-Bactrian:
Bactrian: βραδο ( brado /βrād/ ) , βαραδο ( barado /βᵊrād/ )
Khwarezmian: 𐾲𐿂𐾰𐾴 ( βrʾd /βrād/ )
Proto-Sogdic: *βrāt Sogdian: (/ᵊβrāt(ər)/)Buddhist: [script needed] ( βrʾt ) , [script needed] ( ʾβrʾtr ) Christian: ܒܪܐܬ ( brʾṯ ) Manichaean script: 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫤 ( βrʾt ) Sogdian script: 𐼱𐽀𐼰𐽂 ( βrʾt ) Yagnobi: vⁱrṓt
Southeastern Iranian:
Pashto: ورور ( wror ) , رور ( “ ror ” )
Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *vᵊrǣd Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *vᵊrə̄y Munji: [script needed] ( vᵊrâi ) Yidgha: [script needed] ( vrai ) Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *vᵊrǣd
Northwestern Iranian:
Baluchi: برات ( barát ) , برادر ( barādar )
Kurdish
Northern Kurdish: bira , bra
Central Kurdish: برا ( bra )
Southern Kurdish: برا ( bra )
Laki: برا ( bra )
Mazanderani: برار ( birâr )
Parthian:
Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅 ( brʾd /brād/ ) , 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡 ( brʾdr /brādar/ )
Zazaki: bıra
Southwestern Iranian:
Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 ( b-r-a-t-a /brātā/ ) 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
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013 ) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation) [1] , Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 173