Old Anatolian Turkish

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian بَرَابَر (barābar).

    Adjective

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    برابر (beraber, barabar)

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

    Adverb

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    برابر (beraber, barabar)

    1. together, united

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    References

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    • 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

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    Etymology

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

    Adjective

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    برابر (beraber, barabar)

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

    Adverb

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    برابر (beraber, barabar)

    1. together
      Synonym: بله‌جه (bilece)

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    References

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    • 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

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    برابر (barābárm

    1. even
    2. equal

    Persian

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    Etymology

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      From بر (bar) +‎ ا (â) +‎ بر (bar).

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      Dari برابر
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik баробар
       

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

      Adjective

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      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

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      بَرابَر (barâbar)

      1. equally

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      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

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      Punjabi

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

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      برابر (barābar) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਬਰ)

      1. equal

      Sindhi

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

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      بَرابَر (barābar) (Devanagari बराबर)

      1. smooth
      2. straight
      3. same
      4. equal

      References

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      • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “بَرابَر”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

      Urdu

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      Etymology

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      From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

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      برابر (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

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

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      برابر (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

      1. continuously, without interruption
      2. without delay

      Ushojo

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      Etymology

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      From Urdu برابر (barābar).

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      برابر (barābar)

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