برابر

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian بَرَابَر (barābar).

    Adjective

    برابر • (beraber, barabar)

    1. equal
    2. on the opposite side of, opposite to
    3. together

    Adverb

    برابر • (beraber, barabar)

    1. together, united

    Derived terms

    • برابرلق (barabarlık)

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: bərabər
    • Ottoman Turkish: برابر (beraber, barabar)

    References

    • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013), Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎[1], Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, pages 35–36

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish برابر (beraber, barabar).

    Adjective

    برابر • (beraber, barabar)

    1. equal
    2. on the opposite side of, opposite to
    3. together

    Adverb

    برابر • (beraber, barabar)

    1. together
      Synonym: بله‌جه (bilece)

    Derived terms

    • برابرلك (beraberlik)
    • برابرله‌مك (beraberlemek)
    • برابرلجه (beraberce)

    Descendants

    References

    • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “برابر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 258b
    • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “برابر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 743

    Pashto

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /barɑˈbar/

    Noun

    برابر • (barābárm

    1. even
    2. equal

    Persian

    Etymology

  • From بر (bar) +‎ ا (â) +‎ بر (bar).

    Pronunciation

    Dari برابر
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik баробар
     

    Readings
    Classical reading? barābar
    Dari reading? barābar
    Iranian reading? barâbar
    Tajik reading? barobar

    Adjective

    بَرابَر • (barâbar)

    1. equal
      Synonyms: مساوی (mosâvi), همچند (hamčand)
      Antonym: نابرابر (nâbarâbar)
      در مقابل قانون همه برابرند.
      dar moqâbel-e qânun hame barâbar-and.
      All are equal before the law.
      • c. 1260, Rumi, “5:1619”, in The Masnavi:
        که برابر می‌نهد شاه مجید، اشک را در فضل با خون شهید.
        ke barâbar mi-nehad šâh-e majid, ašk-râ dar fazl bâ xun-e šahid.
        for the glorious King is ranking tears as equal in merit to the blood of the martyr.
        (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)
    2. on the opposite side of, opposite to

    Adverb

    بَرابَر • (barâbar)

    1. equally

    Noun

    بَرابَر • (barâbar)

    1. time (used to express multiples)
      یکصد برابرyek-sad barâbarone hundred times
      در سوریه قیمت نان دو برابر قیمت پارسال است.
      dar suriye qimat-e nân do barâbar-e qimat-e pârsâl ast.
      In Syria, the price of bread is double that of last year.
    2. opposite side

    Derived terms

    • برابر شدن (barâbar šodan, to become equal)
    • برابر کردن (barâbar kardan, to compare; to make equal)
    • برابری (barâbari, equality)
    • در برابر (dar barâbar-e, against)

    Descendants

    Punjabi

    Alternative forms

    • بروبر (barobar)

    Etymology

    From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

    Adjective

    برابر • (barābar) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਬਰ)

    1. equal

    Sindhi

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [bərabər]

    Adjective

    بَرابَر • (barābar) (Devanagari बराबर)

    1. smooth
    2. straight
    3. same
    4. equal

    References

    • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “بَرابَر”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

    Urdu

    Etymology

    From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

    Adjective

    برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

    1. abreast
    2. level
    3. equal
    4. adjacent
    5. comparable
    6. similar

    Adverb

    برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)

    1. continuously, without interruption
    2. without delay

    Ushojo

    Etymology

    From Urdu برابر (barābar).

    Adjective

    برابر (barābar)

    1. level, equal, adjacent, comparable, similar, same
    2. healthy, right