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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /⁠brūg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Cognates include Northern Kurdish birû, Ossetian ӕрфыг (ærfyg), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), Old English brū (English brow), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Old East Slavic бръвь (brŭvĭ), Proto-Slavic *bry.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? aḇrū
Dari reading? abrū
Iranian reading? abru
Tajik reading? abrü

Noun

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Dari ابرو
Iranian Persian
Tajik абрӯ

ابرو (abru) (plural ابروها (abru-hâ))

  1. eyebrow

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “brūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 76

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ابرو (abrū)

Noun

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ابرو (abrūf (Hindi spelling अब्रू)

  1. eyebrow