برای

Persian

Alternative forms

(informal, usually in compounds with enclitic pronouns) برا‎ (barâ)

Etymology

From a grammaticalised phrase in Middle Iranian: *pad rāy (lit. "for the thing").

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /baˈɾɑːjɪ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bæˈɾɒːje/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /baˈɾɔji/

Preposition

Iranian Persian	برای
Dari	برای
Tajik	барои (baroyi)

برای • (barâye)

for
in order to

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