بھائی

From Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], afrom Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

• IPA^(key): /pɑː˩˨.iː/

بھائی • (bhāئy) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਈ)

1. brother
2. (informal) mister, sir; used to refer to any male person

From Prakrit, from an Old-Indo-Aryan language, akin to Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phrátēr), Latin frāter, Old Norse bróðir and Old English brōþor (English brother).

• IPA^(key): [bʱa.i]

بھائی • (bhā'ī) m (Hindi spelling भाई)

1. brother

• بھراتر‎, بھراتا‎

• بہن‎