بره

Khalaj

Postposition

بَره (bərə) (+ ablative)

  1. Arabic spelling of bərə (since)

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (ram).

See also Mazanderani وره (vare),[1] Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish بەرخ (berx), Northern Kurdish berx, Zazaki verek, Baluchi گْوّرگ (gwarag), Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn), Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? barra
Dari reading? barra
Iranian reading? barre
Tajik reading? barra

Noun

Dari بره
Iranian Persian
Tajik барра

بره • (barre)

  1. a lamb
  2. the sign Aries
  3. a fawn
  4. a pruning-hook (for vines)
  5. the exterior surface of a garment

References

  1. ^ Talebi, Ali (2012) مشتی از مرواریدهای فراموش‌شده‌ی مازندران (فرهنگ واژگانی) [A Handful of the Forgotten Pearls of Mazandaran (Dictionary)]‎[1], Amol, page 61

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بره (bara)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lamb