Old Anatolian Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian برابر (barâbar).

Adjective edit

برابر (beraber, barabar)

  1. equal
  2. on the opposite side of, opposite to
  3. together

Adverb edit

برابر (beraber, barabar)

  1. together, united

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎[1], Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, pages 35–36

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish برابر (beraber, barabar).

Adjective edit

برابر (beraber, barabar)

  1. equal
  2. on the opposite side of, opposite to
  3. together

Adverb edit

برابر (beraber, barabar)

  1. together
    Synonym: بله‌جه (bilece)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برابر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 258b
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “برابر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 743

Pashto edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

برابر (barābárm

  1. even
  2. equal

Persian edit

Etymology edit

بر (bar) +‎ ا (â) +‎ بر (bar).

Pronunciation edit

Dari برابر
Iranian Persian
Tajik баробар
 

Readings
Classical reading? barāḇar
Dari reading? barābar
Iranian reading? barâbar
Tajik reading? barobar

Adjective edit

بَرابَر (barâbar)

  1. equal
    Synonyms: مساوی (mosâvi), همچند (hamčand)
    Antonym: نابرابر (nâbarâbar)
    در مقابل قانون همه برابرند.
    dar moqâbel-e qânun hame barâbar-and.
    All are equal before the law.
    • c. 1260, Rumi, “5:1619”, in The Masnavi:
      که برابر می‌نهد شاه مجید، اشک را در فضل با خون شهید.
      ke barâbar mi-nehad šâh-e majid, ašk-râ dar fazl bâ xun-e šahid.
      for the glorious King is ranking tears as equal in merit to the blood of the martyr.
      (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)
  2. on the opposite side of, opposite to

Adverb edit

بَرابَر (barâbar)

  1. equally

Noun edit

بَرابَر (barâbar)

  1. time (used to express multiples)
    یکصد برابرyek-sad barâbarone hundred times
    در سوریه قیمت نان دو برابر قیمت پارسال است.
    dar suriye qimat-e nân do barâbar-e qimat-e pârsâl ast.
    In Syria, the price of bread is double that of last year.
  2. opposite side

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Punjabi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

Adjective edit

برابر (barābar) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਬਰ)

  1. equal

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

Adjective edit

برابر (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

  1. abreast
  2. level
  3. equal
  4. adjacent
  5. comparable
  6. similar

Adverb edit

برابر (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

  1. continuously, without interruption
  2. without delay

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu برابر (barābar).

Adjective edit

برابر (barābar)

  1. level, equal, adjacent, comparable, similar, same
  2. healthy, right