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بھیا

Urdu

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Etymology

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PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

Diminutive of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَھیَّا • (bhayyā) m (Hindi spelling भैया)

  1. (endearing) Alternative form of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”)
  2. elder brother
  3. term of address for any male older than oneself
  4. friend; comrade

Declension

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Declension of بھیا
singular plural
direct بَھیّا (bhayyā) بَھیّا (bhayyā)
oblique بَھیّا (bhayyā) بَھیّاؤں (bhayyāõ)
vocative بَھیّا (bhayyā) بَھیّاؤ (bhayyāo)

References

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  1. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “بھیا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Further reading

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More information
  • “بھیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بھیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 132
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بهيا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 198
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “بهيّا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 308
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