"برای" meaning in Persian

See برای in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: [ba.ˈɾɑː.ji] [Classical-Persian], [bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ] [Dari, formal], [bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ] [Dari, formal], [bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ] [Kabuli], [bä.ɾɔ́ː.ji] (note: Hazaragi), [bæ.ɹɒ́ː.je] [Iran, formal], [bä.ɾɔ́.ji] [Tajik, formal] Forms: barâye [romanization]
Etymology: From a grammaticalized phrase in Middle Iranian, *pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”), itself composed of Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), the latter a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”). Etymology templates: {{der|fa|ira-mid}} Middle Iranian, {{m|und|*pad rāy|t=(literally) for the thing}} *pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”), {{der|fa|ira-pro|*pati-|t=for, towards, against}} Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”), {{m|ira-pro|*rādi-|t=reason, thing}} *rādi- (“reason, thing”), {{der|fa|ira-pro|*rād-}} Proto-Iranian *rād-, {{der|fa|iir-pro|*HraHdʰ-}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, {{der|fa|ine-pro|*Hreh₁dʰ-||to think, arrange, accomplish}} Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”) Head templates: {{head|fa|preposition|tr=barâye}} برای • (barâye)
  1. for
    Sense id: en-برای-fa-prep-EMIrz0x2
  2. in order to
    Sense id: en-برای-fa-prep-TFem5-ve Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian prepositions Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Persian prepositions: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: برا (barâ) [in-compounds, informal, usually]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for برای meaning in Persian (3.6kB)

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "bərâyı",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: bərâyı",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: bərâyı"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਬਰਾਏ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਏ (barāē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਏ (barāē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "براے",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "barāē"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: براے (barāē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: براے (barāē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "برائے",
            "tr": "barāey"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: برائے (barāey)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: برائے (barāey)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-mid"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Iranian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "und",
        "2": "*pad rāy",
        "t": "(literally) for the thing"
      },
      "expansion": "*pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*pati-",
        "t": "for, towards, against"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ira-pro",
        "2": "*rādi-",
        "t": "reason, thing"
      },
      "expansion": "*rādi- (“reason, thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*rād-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *rād-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*HraHdʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*Hreh₁dʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to think, arrange, accomplish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a grammaticalized phrase in Middle Iranian, *pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”), itself composed of Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), the latter a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "barâye",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "preposition",
        "tr": "barâye"
      },
      "expansion": "برای • (barâye)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for"
      ],
      "id": "en-برای-fa-prep-EMIrz0x2",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in order to"
      ],
      "id": "en-برای-fa-prep-TFem5-ve",
      "links": [
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ba.ˈɾɑː.ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɔ́ː.ji]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bæ.ɹɒ́ː.je]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɔ́.ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with enclitic pronouns"
      ],
      "roman": "barâ",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "informal",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "برا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "برای"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian prepositions",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Iranian languages",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "bərâyı",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: bərâyı",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: bərâyı"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਬਰਾਏ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਏ (barāē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਏ (barāē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "براے",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "barāē"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: براے (barāē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: براے (barāē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "برائے",
            "tr": "barāey"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: برائے (barāey)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: برائے (barāey)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-mid"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Iranian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "und",
        "2": "*pad rāy",
        "t": "(literally) for the thing"
      },
      "expansion": "*pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*pati-",
        "t": "for, towards, against"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ira-pro",
        "2": "*rādi-",
        "t": "reason, thing"
      },
      "expansion": "*rādi- (“reason, thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*rād-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *rād-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*HraHdʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*Hreh₁dʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to think, arrange, accomplish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a grammaticalized phrase in Middle Iranian, *pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”), itself composed of Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), the latter a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "barâye",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "preposition",
        "tr": "barâye"
      },
      "expansion": "برای • (barâye)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in order to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ba.ˈɾɑː.ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɑ́ː.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɔ́ː.ji]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bæ.ɹɒ́ː.je]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä.ɾɔ́.ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "with enclitic pronouns"
      ],
      "roman": "barâ",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "informal",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "برا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "برای"
}

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