Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bhai

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
bhai
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

friend, dude, man

noun

brother

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Transliteration of Hindustani بھائی (bhāī) / भाई (bhāī) and other South Asian languages, ultimately from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ). Doublet of brother, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: भ्रातृ

Inflected Forms

bhais (plural) bhau (alternative) vai (alternative)

Questions

What does bhai mean?
friend, dude, man
Where does bhai come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce bhai

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “bhai”.
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