phral

Balkan Romani

Alternative forms

• pral (Bugurdži)

Etymology

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phral m

1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) brother

Derived terms

• bičačuno phral
• epaš pral
• jek a jek phral
• mašteho phral
• phral bičačo
• phralikanes
• phralipe
• phralořo
• phraluno
• poluphral
• rateskere phrala

 

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Carpathian Romani

Alternative forms

• pral (Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro)

Etymology

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phral m

1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Prekmurski, Veršend) brother

   Synonym: gulo phral (Veršend)

Derived terms

• baro phral
• dujevlastnengero phral
• dujto phral
• epaš phral
• gulo phral
• moštovno phral
• phraleskeri čhaj
• phraleskero čhavo
• phralikano
• phralipe
• phralutno
• pralooro
• strično phral

 

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phral m (plural phrala)

1. brother

   Coordinate term: phen

Derived terms

• jekašphral

 

Descendants

• Angloromani: pal, palla, pel, pral, prala, pralla, pulu
  • → English: pal
• Balkan Romani: phral, pral
• Baltic Romani: pšal, phal
• Carpathian Romani: phral, pral
• Kalo Finnish Romani: phaal
• Sinte Romani: phral, pral
• Vlax Romani: phral, pral
• Welsh Romani: phal

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “phral”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 142

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Sinte Romani

Alternative forms

• pral

Etymology

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phral m

1. brother
2. comrade

Derived terms

• dadeskero phral
• dajakero phral
• štifpral

 

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Vlax Romani

Alternative forms

• pral (Kalderaš, Lovara)

Etymology

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phral m

1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) brother
   1. (Sremski Gurbet) stepbrother
2. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) fellow man (also for a peer or friend)

Derived terms

• moštoho phral
• opašophral
• phralesko
• phraleso
• phralika
• phralikane
• phralikano
• phralimasko
• phralimos
• phralipe
• phralka
• phralořo
• romňako phral
• unoko phral
• upašophral
• čačo phral