برا

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of بَرّ (barr, “land”).

Adverb

بَرًّا • (barran)

1. not in a seacraft or aircraft; by land, on land, overland

   Coordinate terms: بَحْرًا (baḥran, “navally; overseas”), جَوًّا (jawwan, “aerially”)

2. outside, without

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *bráHtā, Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, From Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəɾaː/

Noun

برا (bira)

1. brother

References

• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “برا”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 59
• Hejar (1990) “برا”, in Henbane borîne‎, Tehran: Soroush, page 50
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “bira”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 17

Alternative forms

• برة (barra)

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈbərːə/

Adverb

بَرّا • (barra)

1. outside, outdoors

   Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)

   خنتغدى برا. ― ḵan-nitġadda barra. ― Let's have lunch outdoors.

Preposition

بَرّا • (barra)

1. outside of, out of

   Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)

   لحد يطلع برا البيت وكت الغبار

   laḥḥad yiṭlaʕ barra l-bēt wakt il-ġbār

   Nobody goes outside the house at the time of sandstorms (or at the time of the sandstorm)

Postposition

بَرا (bara)

1. Arabic spelling of bara (“because of, in respect of”)

Noun

بِرا (bira)

1. brother

Proper noun

برا

1. Jawi spelling of Bera‎

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.ra/

Adverb

برا • (barra)

1. outside, outdoors

   Antonym: الداخل (el-dāḵil)

   جبرته برا. ― jbartu barra. ― I found him outside.

Preposition

برا • (barra)

1. outside

   Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)

   إدا سافرت برا البلاد غتتعرف بشلة تقافات وناس مختلفين عليك وتقدر تتعلم منهم كدا حاجة.

   ʔida sāfarti barra le-blād ḡatitʕarraf b-šalla taqāfāt w-nās miḵtalfīn ʕlīk w-taqdar titʕallam minnhum kada ḥāja.

   If you travel outside the country, you'll encounter many cultures and different people from you and you could learn many things from them.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرًّا (barran), adverbial accusative of بَرّ (barr).

Adverb

براً • (berren)

1. by land

Preposition

برا • (barâ)

1. (informal) Colloquial form of برای (barâye).

Alternative forms

• برة

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.ra/, [ˈbɑrˤ.rˤɑ]

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Adverb

برّا • (barra)

1. outside, outdoors

   Antonym: جوا (juwwa)

Noun

برا (bra)

1. brother

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊ.ɾɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: بُ‧را

Adjective

بُرا • (burā) (comparative بدتر, superlative بدترین, Hindi spelling बुरा)

1. bad (inc. all the broader meanings associated, ie. sinner, oppressor, dirty, disgraced etc.)

   Antonym: اَچّھا (acchā)

2. disliked, ugly
3. dirty
4. oppressor
5. wicked, evil
6. injurious

Further reading

• “برا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “برا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “برا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “برا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “برا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “برا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC