भाई

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भाई

/bʱɑː.iː/ Hindi, Standard
[bʱäː.iː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Prakrit भाइ (bhāi), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ॑ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Cognate with Punjabi ਭਰਾ (bharā) / بھرا (bharā), Sindhi भाऊ / ڀاءُ (bhāū), Gujarati ભાઈ (bhāī), Marathi भाऊ (bhāū), Bengali ভাই (bhai), Persian برادر (barâdar), Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phrátēr), Latin frāter, Old Norse bróðir and Old English brōþor (English brother).

noun bhāī · बहन · بھائی · भाई

masculine brother मेरा छोटा भाई बहुत मासूम है।
informal, masculine, vocative used to refer to any male person भाई-साहब
informal, masculine, vocative dude, friend, bro
Similar: यार

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In English

brother male sibling
dude colloquial: term of address for a man

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {भाई},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}