بره

Khalaj

Postposition

بَره (bərə) (+ ablative)

1. Arabic spelling of bərə (“since”)

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram”).

See also Mazanderani وره (vare), Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish بەرخ (berx), Northern Kurdish berx, Zazaki verek, Baluchi گْوّرگ (gwarag), Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn), Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾ.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bär.rǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bär.rǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bär.rǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bär.rǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	barra
Dari reading?	barra
Iranian reading?	barre
Tajik reading?	barra

Noun

Dari	بره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	барра

بره • (barre)

1. a lamb
2. the sign Aries
3. a fawn
4. a pruning-hook (for vines)
5. the exterior surface of a garment

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بره+barra”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بره (bara)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lamb