ابرو

See also: آبرو‎, آثرو‎, أتزو‎, and أثرو‎

Persian

Alternative forms

برو‎ (baru) (archaic, poetic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /brūg/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruH-. Cognates include Northern Kurdish birû, Ossetian ӕрфыг (ærfyg), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), Old English brū (English brow), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Old East Slavic бръвь (brŭvĭ), Proto-Slavic *bry.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /abˈɾuː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /abˈɾuː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æbˈɾuː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /abˈɾu/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ابرو
Dari	ابرو
Tajik	абрӯ (abrü)

ابرو • (abru) (plural ابروها‎ (abru-hâ))

eyebrow

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “brūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (abru), from Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /brūg/), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruH-.

Noun

ابرو • (abrū) f (Hindi spelling अब्रू)

eyebrow

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