bhai
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Benglish) vai
Etymology[edit]
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*bʰréh₂tēr |
Transliteration of Hindustani بھائی (bhāī) / भाई (bhāī) and other South Asian languages, ultimately from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ). Doublet of brother, pal, frater, and friar.
Noun[edit]
bhai (plural bhais) (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hinglish, Benglish)
Caribbean Hindustani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
bhai
Hlai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hlai *ɓəj (“bamboo raft”), from Pre-Hlai *Cəʔbəj (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *beːᴬ (“raft”) (whence Thai แพ (pɛɛ)), Middle Chinese 排 (MC beaj).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bhai
Southeastern Tepehuan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Northern Tepehuan báji, O'odham bahi, Mayo buasia, Hopi kwasi (“penis”).
Noun[edit]
bhai (plural bhaabhai)
Etymology 2[edit]
Cognate with O'odham s-bahi, Mayo buassi.
Adjective[edit]
bhai
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 32
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