ভাই
Assamese
Etymology
From Old Assamese ভাই (bhai), from Sanskrit ভ্ৰাতৃ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠜꠣꠁ (bái, “brother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʱaɪ/
Kinship declension
Conjugation forms of ভাই
| Person | Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ergative | accusative | genitive | dative | terminative | locative | |||
| 1st | মোৰ (“my”), আমাৰ (“our”) | ভাই bhai |
ভায়ে bhae |
ভাইক bhaik |
ভাইৰ bhair |
ভাইলৈ bhailoi |
ভাইলৈকে bhailoike |
ভাইত bhait | |
| 2nd | very familiar; inferior |
তোৰ (“your”), তহঁতৰ (“your(pl)”) | ভায়েৰ bhaer |
ভায়েৰে bhaere |
ভায়েৰক bhaerok |
ভায়েৰৰ bhaeror |
ভায়েৰলৈ bhaeroloi |
ভায়েৰলৈকে bhaeroloike |
ভায়েৰত bhaerot |
| familiar | তোমাৰ (“your”), তোমালোকৰ (“your(pl)”) | ভায়েৰা bhaera |
ভায়েৰাই bhaerai |
ভায়েৰাক bhaerak |
ভায়েৰাৰ bhaerar |
ভায়েৰালৈ bhaeraloi |
ভায়েৰালৈকে bhaeraloike |
ভায়েৰাত bhaerat | |
| formal | আপোনাৰ (“your”), আপোনালোকৰ (“your(pl)”) | ভায়েক bhaek |
ভায়েকে bhaeke |
ভায়েকক bhaekok |
ভায়েকৰ bhaekor |
ভায়েকলৈ bhaekoloi |
ভায়েকলৈকে bhaekoloike |
ভায়েকত bhaekot | |
| 3rd | তাৰ (“his”), তাইৰ (“her”), সিহঁতৰ (“their”), তেওঁৰ (“his/her(frm)”) etc | ||||||||
Declension
Inflection of ভাই
| Indefinite forms | Definite forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| numeral | non-numeral (plural) | ||||||||
| singular | plural | informal | |||||||
| absolutive | ভাই bhai |
ভাইটো bhaitü |
ভাইকেইটা bhaikeita |
ভাইবোৰ bhaibür |
ভাইবিলাক bhaibilak | ||||
| ergative | ভায়ে bhaye |
ভাইটোৱে bhaitüe |
ভাইকেইটাই bhaikeitai |
ভাইবোৰে bhaibüre |
ভাইবিলাকে bhaibilake | ||||
| accusative | ভাইক bhaik |
ভাইটোক bhaitük |
ভাইকেইটাক bhaikeitak |
ভাইবোৰক bhaibürok |
ভাইবিলাকক bhaibilakok | ||||
| genitive | ভাইৰ bhair |
ভাইটোৰ bhaitür |
ভাইকেইটাৰ bhaikeitar |
ভাইবোৰৰ bhaibüror |
ভাইবিলাকৰ bhaibilakor | ||||
| dative | ভাইলৈ bhailoi |
ভাইটোলৈ bhaitüloi |
ভাইকেইটালৈ bhaikeitaloi |
ভাইবোৰলৈ bhaibüroloi |
ভাইবিলাকলৈ bhaibilakoloi | ||||
| instrumental | ভাইৰে bhaire |
ভাইটোৰে bhaitüre |
ভাইকেইটাৰে bhaikeitare |
ভাইবোৰেৰে bhaibürere |
ভাইবিলাকেৰে bhaibilakere | ||||
| locative | ভাইত bhait |
ভাইটোত bhaitüt |
ভাইকেইটাত bhaikeitat |
ভাইবোৰত bhaibürot |
ভাইবিলাকত bhaibilakot | ||||
| Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense. No case marking is used for inanimate sense. Dative Note 1: In some dialects -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) is used instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অত (-ot) or -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: In some dialects -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases. | |||||||||
Derived terms
- ভাই-ককাই (bhai-kokai)
- ভাইটি (bhaiti)
- ভাই বোৱাৰী (bhai büari)
- ভাইশহুৰ (bhaixohur)
Bengali
Alternative forms
- ভাইয়া (bhaiẏa)
Etymology
From Prakrit, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʱaj/
Declension
| Inflection of ভাই | |||
| nominative | ভাই bhai | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | ভাইকে bhaike | ||
| genitive | ভাইয়ের bhaiyer | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | ভাই bhai | ||
| objective | ভাইকে bhaike | ||
| genitive | ভাইয়ের bhaiyer | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ভাইটা, ভাইটি bhaiṭa (colloquial), bhaiṭi (formal) |
ভাইয়েরা bhaiyera | |
| objective | ভাইটাকে, ভাইটিকে bhaiṭake (colloquial), bhaiṭike (formal) |
ভাইয়েদের(কে) bhaiyeder(ke) | |
| genitive | ভাইটার, ভাইটির bhaiṭar (colloquial), bhaiṭir (formal) |
ভাইয়েদের bhaiyeder | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
Old Assamese
Etymology
From Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Noun
ভাই (bhai)
- brother
- শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষসক বাট চাই ।
উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই ॥- śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
ujagore roila duyó bhai . - Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.
- (literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)
- śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
Descendants
- Assamese: ভাই (bhai)
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