bhai
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Benglish) vai
Etymology edit
PIE word |
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*bʰréh₂tēr |
Transliteration of Hindustani بھائی (bhāī) / भाई (bhāī) and other South Asian languages, ultimately from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ). Doublet of brother, pal, frater, and friar.
Noun edit
bhai (plural bhais) (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hinglish, Benglish)
Caribbean Hindustani edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bhai
Hlai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hlai *ɓəj (“bamboo raft”), from Pre-Hlai *Cəʔbəj (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *beːᴬ (“raft”) (whence Thai แพ (pɛɛ)), Middle Chinese 排 (MC beaj).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bhai
Southeastern Tepehuan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Northern Tepehuan báji, O'odham bahi, Mayo buasia, Hopi kwasi (“penis”).
Noun edit
bhai (plural bhaabhai)
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with O'odham s-bahi, Mayo buassi.
Adjective edit
bhai
Related terms edit
References edit
- Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 32