بھائی

بھائیْ (bhāy)

1. fire

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

• IPA^(key): /pɑː˩˨.iː/

بھائی • (bhā'ī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਈ)

1. brother
2. (informal) mister, sir; used to refer to any male person

• “بھائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), 𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu), 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: بھا‧ءِی

بھائی • (bhāī) m (Hindi spelling भाई)

1. brother (a male sibling of any age)

   Coordinate term: بَہَن (bahan)

2. (by extension) a male cousin
3. (polite, chiefly women's speech, vocative) any male person
4. (impolite, vocative) dude, bro

• “بھائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بھائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.