برا

See also: بڑا

Arabic

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

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: برا (barra)
  • Maltese: barra
  • Moroccan Arabic: برا (barra)
  • South Levantine Arabic: برا (barra)

References

  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), برا”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Central Kurdish

Noun

بِرا (bira)

  1. brother

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation

Adverb

بَرّا (barra)

  1. outside, outdoors
    Antonym: داخل (dāḵil)
    خنتغدى برا.
    ḵan-nitġadda barra.
    Let's have launch 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)

Laki

Noun

بِرا (bira)

  1. brother

Moroccan Arabic

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.

Persian

Preposition

برا (barâ)

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ر ر

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.ra/, [ˈbɑrˤ.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Adverb

برّا (barra)

  1. outside, outdoors
    Antonym: جوا (juwwa)

Derived terms

  • بريت (barrīt, outside, preposition)
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