baradari
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[edit]From Hindi बारादरी (bārādrī) and Urdu بارہ دری (bārɘdɘrī), from बारह (bārah) and بارہ (bārā, bārah, “twelve”) + दर (dar) and دَر (dar, “door”).
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[edit]baradari (plural baradaris)
- (South Asia) A boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
- (South Asia, chiefly historical) A palanquin with twelve openings, including entryways and windows; similar palanquins with similar sets of openings.
- 1877, D. B. Allen et al., “A Statistical Account of Bengal”, in Districts of Gayá and Sháhábád, volume 12, page 81:
- Bárádari is a kind of open palkí, and is so called from having twelve doors or openings.
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Persian برادری (barâdari, “brotherhood”), from برادر (barâdar, “brother”) + ـی (-i, “-y, -hood”), q.v.
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[edit]baradari (countable and uncountable, plural baradaris)
- (South Asia) A system of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.
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