بھیا
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Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *bʰréh₂tēr |
A diminutive of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱəj.jɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
بَھیَّا • (bhayyā) m (Hindi spelling भैया)
- (endearing) alternative form of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”)
- elder brother
- term of address for any male older than oneself
- friend; comrade
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَھیّا (bhayyā) | بَھیّا (bhayyā) |
| oblique | بَھیّا (bhayyā) | بَھیّاؤں (bhayyāõ) |
| vocative | بَھیّا (bhayyā) | بَھیّاؤ (bhayyāo) |
References
- ^ John Shakespear (1834) “بھیا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
Further reading
More information
- “بھیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بھیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 132
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بهيا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 198
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بهيّا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 308