"ભાઈ" meaning in Gujarati

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʱɑi/ [Gujarati, Standard], [ˈbʱəi] [colloquial, dialectal]
Rhymes: -ɑi Etymology: Inherited from Old Gujarati भाई (bhāī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ). Doublet of બિરાદર (birādar). Cognates Cognates include Assamese ভাই (bhai), Bengali ভাই (bhai), Dhivehi ބޭބެ (bēbe), Hindustani भाई (bhāī) / بھائی (bhāī), Kashmiri بوے (bōy), Kachchi ભા (bhā), Konkani भाव (bhāv), Marwari भाई (bhāī), Marathi भाऊ (bhāū), Odia ଭାଇ (bhāi), Punjabi ਭਾਈ (bhāī) / بھائی (bhā'ī), Romani phral, Sindhi ڀاء (bhāu). Etymology templates: {{etymon|gu|:inh|sa:भ्रातृ<id:brother>|id=brother}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-Iranian", "term" : "*bʰráHtā", "lang" : "iir-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Sanskrit", "term" : "भ्रातृ", "lang" : "sa" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Gujarati", "term" : "ભાઈ", "lang" : "gu" }" data-id="brother" data-lang="gu" data-title="ભાઈ" id="Gujarati:_brother">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|gu|inc-ogu|भाई|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Gujarati भाई (bhāī), {{inh+|gu|inc-ogu|भाई}} Inherited from Old Gujarati भाई (bhāī), {{inh|gu|pra-sau|𑀪𑀸𑀇}} Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), {{inh|gu|sa|भ्रातृ|tr=bhrā́tṛ}} Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), {{dbt|gu|બિરાદર}} Doublet of બિરાદર (birādar), {{dercat|gu|inc-pro|iir-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}, {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|as|ভাই}} Assamese ভাই (bhai), {{cog|bn|ভাই}} Bengali ভাই (bhai), {{cog|dv|ބޭބެ}} Dhivehi ބޭބެ (bēbe), {{cog|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{cog|ks|بوے}} Kashmiri بوے (bōy), {{cog|kfr|ભા}} Kachchi ભા (bhā), {{cog|kok|भाव}} Konkani भाव (bhāv), {{cog|mwr|भाई}} Marwari भाई (bhāī), {{cog|mr|भाऊ}} Marathi भाऊ (bhāū), {{cog|or|ଭାଇ}} Odia ଭାଇ (bhāi), {{cog|pa|ਭਾਈ}} Punjabi ਭਾਈ (bhāī), {{cog|rom|phral}} Romani phral, {{cog|sd|ڀاء|tr=bhāu}} Sindhi ڀاء (bhāu) Head templates: {{head|gu|noun||||||{{{m}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{n}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} ભાઈ • (bhāī) m, {{gu-noun|g=m}} ભાઈ • (bhāī) m Inflection templates: {{gu-ndecl-um-v}}, {{gu-ndecl-f-table|ભાઈ|ભાઈઓ|ભાઈ|ભાઈઓ|ભાઈ|ભાઈઓ|ભાઈએ|ભાઈઓએ|ભાઈએ|ભાઈઓએ|h=ભાઈ}}, {{gu-ndecl-table|ભાઈ|ભાઈઓ||ભાઈ|ભાઈઓ|ભાઈ|ભાઈઓ|ભાઈએ|ભાઈઓએ|ભાઈએ|ભાઈઓએ|h=ભાઈ}} Forms: bhāī [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ભાઈ [nominative, singular], ભાઈઓ [nominative, plural], ભાઈ [oblique, singular], ભાઈઓ [oblique, plural], ભાઈ [singular, vocative], ભાઈઓ [plural, vocative], ભાઈએ [instrumental, singular], ભાઈઓએ [instrumental, plural], ભાઈએ [locative, singular], ભાઈઓએ [locative, plural], ભૈ [alternative, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling], ભા [alternative], ભાઉ [alternative]
  1. brother Tags: masculine Synonyms: માજાયો, બંધુ, સહોદર
    Sense id: en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-C0vXfOxw Categories (other): Gujarati terms with collocations
  2. cousin (male) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-Akdiag-u Categories (other): Gujarati terms with collocations, Male family members Disambiguation of Male family members: 16 45 4 33 2
  3. friend, companion, comrade Tags: masculine Synonyms: સ્નેહી, દોસ્ત, મિત્ર
    Sense id: en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-FTfrSQv2 Categories (other): Gujarati terms with collocations
  4. used to refer to any man; also used as a suffix at the end of a given name Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-AQevWDY7 Categories (other): Gujarati terms with collocations, Gujarati entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Gujarati entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 23 69 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 9 82 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 8 83 3
  5. (informal) dude, bro Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-U6fqWB-Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ભાઈપણું (bhāīpaṇũ), ભાઈબંદ (bhāīband), ભાઈબંધ (bhāībandh), ભાઈબાપા (bhāībāpā), ભાઈલો (bhāīlo), ભાઈસાહેબ (bhāīsāheb) Related terms: ભાભી (bhābhī)
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      "roman": "bhāīpaṇũ",
      "word": "ભાઈપણું"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bhāīband",
      "word": "ભાઈબંદ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bhāībandh",
      "word": "ભાઈબંધ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bhāībāpā",
      "word": "ભાઈબાપા"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bhāīlo",
      "word": "ભાઈલો"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "ભાઈસાહેબ"
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    },
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      "expansion": "Inherited",
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        "5": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      },
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      "name": "dbt"
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    {
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      "name": "dercat"
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      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "as",
        "2": "ভাই"
      },
      "expansion": "Assamese ভাই (bhai)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "ভাই"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali ভাই (bhai)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dv",
        "2": "ބޭބެ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inc-hnd"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindustani",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ks",
        "2": "بوے"
      },
      "expansion": "Kashmiri بوے (bōy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfr",
        "2": "ભા"
      },
      "expansion": "Kachchi ભા (bhā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kok",
        "2": "भाव"
      },
      "expansion": "Konkani भाव (bhāv)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwr",
        "2": "भाई"
      },
      "expansion": "Marwari भाई (bhāī)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mr",
        "2": "भाऊ"
      },
      "expansion": "Marathi भाऊ (bhāū)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "or",
        "2": "ଭାଇ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ਭਾਈ"
      },
      "expansion": "Punjabi ਭਾਈ (bhāī)",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Romani phral",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sd",
        "2": "ڀاء",
        "tr": "bhāu"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "bhāī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gu-ndecl-um-v",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ભાઈ",
      "roman": "bhāī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓ",
      "roman": "bhāīo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈ",
      "roman": "bhāī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓ",
      "roman": "bhāīo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈએ",
      "roman": "bhāīe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓએ",
      "roman": "bhāīoe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈએ",
      "roman": "bhāīe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓએ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભૈ",
      "roman": "bhai",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભા",
      "roman": "bhā",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઉ",
      "roman": "bhāu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{m}}}",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ભાઈ"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gu-ndecl-um-v"
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    {
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        "5": "ભાઈ",
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        "7": "ભાઈએ",
        "8": "ભાઈઓએ",
        "9": "ભાઈએ",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bhābhī",
      "word": "ભાભી"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gujarati terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Older brother",
          "roman": "moṭā bhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "મોટા ભાઈ",
          "translation": "Older brother",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "brother"
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      "id": "en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-C0vXfOxw",
      "links": [
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "માજાયો"
        },
        {
          "word": "બંધુ"
        },
        {
          "word": "સહોદર"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "paternal cousin (paternal aunt's son)",
          "roman": "phoiyāt bhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "ફોઇયાત ભાઈ",
          "translation": "paternal cousin (paternal aunt's son)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cousin (male)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-Akdiag-u",
      "links": [
        [
          "cousin",
          "cousin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gujarati terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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              11,
              20
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Indians and Chinese are brothers.",
          "roman": "hindī cīnī bhāī bhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "હિંદી ચીની ભાઈ ભાઈ",
          "translation": "Indians and Chinese are brothers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend, companion, comrade"
      ],
      "id": "en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-FTfrSQv2",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
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          "companion",
          "companion"
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          "comrade",
          "comrade"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "સ્નેહી"
        },
        {
          "word": "દોસ્ત"
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        {
          "word": "મિત્ર"
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 9 82 3",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 8 83 3",
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              7,
              11
            ]
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              8
            ]
          ],
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              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Vallabhbhai Patel",
          "roman": "vallabhbhāī paṭěl",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "વલ્લભભાઈ પટેલ",
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            [
              0,
              4
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              11
            ]
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            [
              0,
              3
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              9
            ]
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              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Bhailalbhai",
          "roman": "bhāīlālbhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        "used to refer to any man; also used as a suffix at the end of a given name"
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      "id": "en-ભાઈ-gu-noun-AQevWDY7",
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        "masculine"
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        "dude, bro"
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          "dude",
          "dude"
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        [
          "bro",
          "bro"
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        "(informal) dude, bro"
      ],
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        "informal",
        "masculine"
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    {
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        "Gujarati",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʱəi]",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ભાઈ"
}
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    "Gujarati lemmas",
    "Gujarati masculine nouns",
    "Gujarati nouns",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Old Gujarati",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit",
    "Gujarati terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Old Gujarati",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Sanskrit",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "word": "ભાઈપણું"
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      "roman": "bhāīband",
      "word": "ભાઈબંદ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bhāībandh",
      "word": "ભાઈબંધ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bhāībāpā",
      "word": "ભાઈબાપા"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bhāīlo",
      "word": "ભાઈલો"
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    {
      "roman": "bhāīsāheb",
      "word": "ભાઈસાહેબ"
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        "id": "brother"
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        "g3": "",
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        "pos": "",
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        "ts": ""
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      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Gujarati भाई (bhāī)",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "બિરાદર"
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      "name": "dbt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-pro",
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        "4": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "as",
        "2": "ভাই"
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      "expansion": "Assamese ভাই (bhai)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "ভাই"
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      "expansion": "Bengali ভাই (bhai)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dv",
        "2": "ބޭބެ"
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      "expansion": "Dhivehi ބޭބެ (bēbe)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inc-hnd"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindustani",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ks",
        "2": "بوے"
      },
      "expansion": "Kashmiri بوے (bōy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "kfr",
        "2": "ભા"
      },
      "expansion": "Kachchi ભા (bhā)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kok",
        "2": "भाव"
      },
      "expansion": "Konkani भाव (bhāv)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwr",
        "2": "भाई"
      },
      "expansion": "Marwari भाई (bhāī)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mr",
        "2": "भाऊ"
      },
      "expansion": "Marathi भाऊ (bhāū)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "or",
        "2": "ଭାଇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Odia ଭାଇ (bhāi)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ਭਾਈ"
      },
      "expansion": "Punjabi ਭਾਈ (bhāī)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rom",
        "2": "phral"
      },
      "expansion": "Romani phral",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sd",
        "2": "ڀاء",
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      },
      "expansion": "Sindhi ڀاء (bhāu)",
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      "form": "bhāī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ભાઈ",
      "roman": "bhāī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓ",
      "roman": "bhāīo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈ",
      "roman": "bhāī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓ",
      "roman": "bhāīo",
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "ભાઈ",
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      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓ",
      "roman": "bhāīo",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ભાઈએ",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓએ",
      "roman": "bhāīoe",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈએ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઈઓએ",
      "roman": "bhāīoe",
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      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભૈ",
      "roman": "bhai",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભા",
      "roman": "bhā",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ભાઉ",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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        "10": "{{{f}}}",
        "11": "",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
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      "parts": [
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      "args": {},
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "bhābhī",
      "word": "ભાભી"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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            [
              5,
              9
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              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
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              6,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Older brother",
          "roman": "moṭā bhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "મોટા ભાઈ",
          "translation": "Older brother",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "માજાયો"
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        {
          "word": "બંધુ"
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        {
          "word": "સહોદર"
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          "english": "paternal cousin (paternal aunt's son)",
          "roman": "phoiyāt bhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "ફોઇયાત ભાઈ",
          "translation": "paternal cousin (paternal aunt's son)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cousin (male)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cousin",
          "cousin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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              20
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            [
              11,
              18
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              32
            ]
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          "english": "Indians and Chinese are brothers.",
          "roman": "hindī cīnī bhāī bhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "હિંદી ચીની ભાઈ ભાઈ",
          "translation": "Indians and Chinese are brothers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "friend, companion, comrade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "companion",
          "companion"
        ],
        [
          "comrade",
          "comrade"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "સ્નેહી"
        },
        {
          "word": "દોસ્ત"
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        {
          "word": "મિત્ર"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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        {
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              7,
              11
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            [
              5,
              8
            ]
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            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Vallabhbhai Patel",
          "roman": "vallabhbhāī paṭěl",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "વલ્લભભાઈ પટેલ",
          "translation": "Vallabhbhai Patel",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              0,
              4
            ],
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
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            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
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            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Bhailalbhai",
          "roman": "bhāīlālbhāī",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "ભાઈલાલભાઈ",
          "translation": "Bhailalbhai",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to refer to any man; also used as a suffix at the end of a given name"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Gujarati informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dude, bro"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dude",
          "dude"
        ],
        [
          "bro",
          "bro"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) dude, bro"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʱɑi/",
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "Standard"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʱəi]",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ભાઈ"
}

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