Brahui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian. Compare Sindhi هَڙْٻاٽَ (haṛɓāṭa, jawbone, cheek bone), Saraiki [script needed] (harɓ), Baluchi [script needed] (harb).

Noun

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اَڑَب (aṛab)

  1. jawbone

References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “aṛab”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 55