बराबर

See also: बराबरी and बार बार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برابر (barābar). Compare Punjabi ਬਰਾਬਰ (barābar) / بَرابَر (barābar), Gujarati બરાબર (barābar), Marathi बरोबर (barobar), Bengali বরাবর (borabor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾɑː.bəɾ/, [bɐ.ɾäː.bɐɾ]

Adjective

बराबर • (barābar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بَرَابَر)

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

Adverb

बराबर • (barābar) (Urdu spelling بَرَابَر)

1. continuously, without interruption
2. without delay

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बराबर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press