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भ्रातृ

   { bhrātṛ }
Script: Devanagari

भ्रातृ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
भ्रातृ  m. m. (connection with √ भृ doubtful) a brother (often used to designate a near relative or an intimate friend, esp. as a term of friendly address), [RV.] &c. &c.; du. brother and sister, [Pāṇ. 1-2, 68.]
भ्रातृ   [cf.Zd.brātar; Gk.φράτηρ &c.; Lat.frater; Lith.broter-êlis; Slav.bratrû; Goth.brothar; Germ.bruoder, Bruder; Eng.brother.]

भ्रातृ

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
भ्रातृ [bhrātṛ]  m. m. [भ्राज्-तृच् पृषो˚; cf. [Uṇ.2.96.] ]
   A brother.
   An intimate friend or relation.
   A near relative in general.
   A term of friendly address (my good friend); भ्रातः कष्टमहो [Bh.3.37;2.34;] तत्त्वं चिन्तय तदिदं भ्रातः [Moha M.3.] -Dual. A brother and sister. [cf. L. frater; Zend bratar, Eng. brother.]-Comp.
-गन्धि, -गन्धिक a.  a. having only the name of a brother, a brother in mere name.
-गन्धिकः,   -गन्धिन्m. a brother in mere name; गत्वा चाह्वय सुग्रीव वालिनं भ्रातृगन्धिनम् [Rām.4.12.13.]
-जः   a brother's son.-जाया (also भ्रातुर्जाया) a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; अव्यापन्नामविहतगतिर्द्रक्ष्यसि भ्रातृजायाम् [Me.1.]
-दत्तम्   property given by a brother to a sister at the time of her marriage; मातृकं भ्रातृदत्तं वा स्तेना स्याद्यदि तं हरेत् [Ms.9.92.] -द्वितीया the second day of the bright half of Kārtika (when sisters invite their brothers to their houses and entertain them, who in their turn give them presents; the day seems to have been so called on account of Yamunā having entertained her brother Yama on that day; cf. यमद्वितीया).
-पुत्रः   (also भ्रातुष्पुत्रः) a brother's son. (-त्री) a niece.
-वधूः   a brother's wife.
-भगिन्यौ   a brother and sister.
-श्वशुरः   elder brother of the husband.
-हत्या   fratricide.

भ्रातृ

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
भ्रातृ  m.  (-ता)
   1. A brother, a uterine brother.
   2. A relative.
   3. A term of friendly address. Dual only, (-री) Brother and sister.
   E. भ्राज् to shine, Unādi aff. तृच्, and the radical final rejected.
ROOTS:
भ्राज् तृच्

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