भाई bhāī
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Brother.
Usual translation
- brother
Origin of the definition
भाई bhāī bha:i: (nm) a brother; ~चारा fraternity, brotherhood; fraternisation, fraternal understanding; ~दूज the second day of the bright fortnight of the month of कार्तिक; -बंद/बंधु kith and kin, relations, bretheren; -बिरादर kith and kin, bretheren, relations; -भतीजावाद nepotism.
H بهائي bhāʼī [S. भ्रातृकः; Prk. भाइओ], s.m. Brother; cousin; relative, kinsman; comrade, companion, class-fellow, member of the same caste, or fraternity; one connected by community of origin and joint interest in a common ancestral property; (in familiar phraseology) friend, my friend, dear, my dear (applied to persons of both sexes, and by children to their parents as well as parents to their children). bhāʼī-band, bhāʼī-bandh, bhāʼī-bandhu, s.m. Brethren, kindred, relations, friends; comrades, people of the same caste
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